Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATONWhen men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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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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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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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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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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