I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
ALAN PATONI have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
ALAN PATONCry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
ALAN PATONBehind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATONLet him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
ALAN PATONBut sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
ALAN PATONPain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
ALAN PATONIt was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
ALAN PATONCry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
ALAN PATONLife has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
ALAN PATONWise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
ALAN PATONFor our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
ALAN PATONTherefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
ALAN PATONLet him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
ALAN PATONMoney is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
ALAN PATONAnd man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
ALAN PATONSuch lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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