One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATONFor mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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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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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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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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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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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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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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