But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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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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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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Wise 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.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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