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 PATONI am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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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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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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