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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 Paton

But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
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.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Arrival Fear Journey Sorrow Terribly
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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Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
ALAN PATON

Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
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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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
ALAN PATON

Another Counsel Cry Help Neither Seek Something
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATON

Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

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