It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATONBut I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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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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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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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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