It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
ALAN PATONThe ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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