Cry 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 PATONWhen men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
More Alan Paton Quotes
-
-
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON -
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
ALAN PATON -
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
ALAN PATON -
Let 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 PATON -
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATON -
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
ALAN PATON -
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATON -
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
ALAN PATON -
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
ALAN PATON -
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
ALAN PATON -
The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
ALAN PATON -
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
ALAN PATON -
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
ALAN PATON -
One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATON -
And money is not something to go mad about …
ALAN PATON






