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.
ALAN PATONNow God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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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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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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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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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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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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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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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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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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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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