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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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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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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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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. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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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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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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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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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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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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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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