The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
ALAN PATONThe ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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