St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
ALAN PATONThere is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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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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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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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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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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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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