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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
I am not kind. I am a selfish and sinful man, but God put his hands on me, that is all.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
It is my own belief that the only power which can resistthe power of fear is the power of love. It's a weak thing anda tender thing; men despise and deride it. But I look for theday when in South Africa we shall realize that the only last-ing and worth-while solution of our grave and profoundproblems lies not in the use of power, but in that under-standing and compassion without which human life is anintolerable bondage, condemning us all to an existence ofviolence, misery and fear.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
I shall do this, not because I am noble or unselfish, but 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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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
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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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
Happy the eyes that can close
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
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.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
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.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
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.
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Alan Paton _ Cry, The Beloved Country
The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again."
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