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.
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.
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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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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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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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