It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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.
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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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.
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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.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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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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