There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
ALAN PATONThere are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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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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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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