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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.

Alan Paton

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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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
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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Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Again Mend Thing Tragedy
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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Beauty Country Field Hedge Talk Time
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
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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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
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 Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Capitulate Country Destroy Go Himself Nowhere Rather
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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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
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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Begun Continue Finish One Something Thing
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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Bondage Come Drawn Emancipation Fear Love
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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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice

There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.

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