Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATONThere are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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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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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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