But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
ALAN PATONBut the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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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.
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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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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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