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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.

Alan Paton

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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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Alan Patton
Alan Stewart Paton
Alen Peṭon
Sinful
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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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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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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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The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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