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

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

Nothing is every quiet, except for fools. — Alan Paton

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy the eyes that can close — Alan Paton

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

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

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

For who can stop the heart from breaking? — Alan Paton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And may God better understand and love us, than we, in our weakness, can do him. — Jill Paton Walsh

If you want to express yourself, you need the services of a lover or a psychiatrist; if you want to express a book, you might conceivably manage it. — Jill Paton Walsh

Granted, a man may smile and smile and be a villain, but it takes nerve. — Jill Paton Walsh

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

All roads lead to Johannesburg. — Alan Paton

Imagination and the pure delight in stories drive out fear. — William Paton Ker

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

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses. — Alan Paton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile, we stooped and picked the sharp plants, — Jill Paton Walsh

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

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

As Alan Paton said, 'Ah but your fucking land is beautiful'. — Andre Brink

If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself. — Jill Paton Walsh

Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord. — John Gibson Paton

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

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

1.3.1 Event
1.3.2 Condition
1.3.3 Action
1.4 Execution — Norman W. Paton

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

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

It's amazing [ ... ] how perfectly honest people who would starve rather than steal sixpence, will steal books without compunction. — Jill Paton Walsh

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

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

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

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

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

It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people ... — Jill Paton Walsh

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

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