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 PATONBut I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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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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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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