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Alan Paton quotes: One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

Alan Paton quotes: It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

Alan Paton quotes: Nothing is every quiet, except for fools.

Nothing is every quiet, except for fools.

Alan Paton quotes: I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.

I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.

Alan Paton quotes: For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Alan Paton quotes: I do this not because I am courageous and honest, but because it is the only way to end the conflict of my deepest soul.

I do this not because I am courageous and honest, but because it is the only way to end the conflict of my deepest soul.

Alan Paton quotes: It is the duty of a judge to do justice, but it is only the people who can be just

It is the duty of a judge to do justice, but it is only the people who can be just

Alan Paton quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Paton quotes: To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

Alan Paton quotes: Happy the eyes that can close

Happy the eyes that can close

Alan Paton quotes: But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

Alan Paton quotes: He was reluctant to open it, for once such a thing is opened, it cannot be shut again.

He was reluctant to open it, for once such a thing is opened, it cannot be shut again.

Alan Paton quotes: He is a missionary and believes in God, intensely I mean, but it takes all kinds to make a world.

He is a missionary and believes in God, intensely I mean, but it takes all kinds to make a world.

Alan Paton quotes: For who can stop the heart from breaking?

For who can stop the heart from breaking?

Alan Paton quotes: It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

Alan Paton quotes: When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

Alan Paton quotes: There is no point in imagining that if one had been there, one could have prevented a thing that had happened only because it had not been prevented

There is no point in imagining that if one had been there, one could have prevented a thing that had happened only because it had not been prevented

Alan Paton quotes: But there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love. Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

But there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love. Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

Alan Paton quotes: We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.

We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.

Alan Paton quotes: But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

Alan Paton quotes: No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough.

No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough.

Alan Paton quotes: Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.

Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.

Alan Paton quotes: All roads lead to Johannesburg.

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

Alan Paton quotes: God forgives us ... who am I not to forgive?

God forgives us ... who am I not to forgive?

Alan Paton quotes: Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

Alan Paton quotes: The humble man reached in his pocket for his sacred book, and began to read. It was this world alone that was certain.

The humble man reached in his pocket for his sacred book, and began to read. It was this world alone that was certain.

Alan Paton quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Paton quotes: In a land of fear ... incorruptibility is like a lamp set upon a stand, giving light to all in the house.

In a land of fear ... incorruptibility is like a lamp set upon a stand, giving light to all in the house.

Alan Paton quotes: But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

Alan Paton quotes: I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

Alan Paton quotes: What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

Alan Paton quotes: Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him, whose own world is slipping away, dying, being destroyed, beyond any recall.

Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him, whose own world is slipping away, dying, being destroyed, beyond any recall.

Alan Paton quotes: If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

Alan Paton quotes: Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

Alan Paton quotes: For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.

For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.

Alan Paton quotes: Indeed, mother, you are always our helper.""For what else are we born?

Indeed, mother, you are always our helper."
"For what else are we born?

Alan Paton quotes: Meneer, said the captain, if man takes unto himself God's right to punish, then he must also take upon himself God's promise to restore.

Meneer, said the captain, if man takes unto himself God's right to punish, then he must also take upon himself God's promise to restore.

Alan Paton quotes: The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

Alan Paton quotes: One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue

One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue

Alan Paton quotes: Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.

Alan Paton quotes: You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Alan Paton quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Paton quotes: Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.

Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.

Alan Paton quotes: It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.

It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.

Alan Paton quotes: There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.

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

Alan Paton quotes: There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

Alan Paton quotes: The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.