There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love. ALAN PATON CompletelyLoveOneOnlyPowerThing
But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret. ALAN PATON BondageComeDrawnEmancipationFearLove
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices. ALAN PATON CryDoneHundredMustThousandVoice
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. ALAN PATON AirHatMadMenMineMoneySomethingThrow
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. ALAN PATON CanGodHealHillMusicNameNowRiverSuchThank
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man. ALAN PATON FreeGiveManReformResponsibilitySocietyTask
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right. ALAN PATON AskExpedientRightYourself
But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power. ALAN PATON CompletelyLoveManOnePowerThingWise
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all. ALAN PATON AllGodHandHisManSinfulWell
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. ALAN PATON AbateChangeMenPreventRuleStriveVery
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering. ALAN PATON KindnessLearnLovePainPaySuffer
Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved. ALAN PATON AloudAyeBereavedChildrenCustomDeadLawTribeWoman
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money. ALAN PATON MenWork
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. ALAN PATON BelovedChildCountryCryFearInheritorUnborn
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days. ALAN PATON AllDayGatherGrassGreatManOverSleepStorm
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. ALAN PATON CostDoneMenOneOtherPermissiblePossessionTheseThing
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children. ALAN PATON ChildrenClothesFoodHappyLoveMoneyPicture
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that. ALAN PATON AnotherCounselCryHelpNeitherSeekSomething
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. ALAN PATON ClothesComfortFoodMoneyPictureVisit
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just. ALAN PATON AccordingJudgeJusticeLawUnjust
