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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Life slips The rest My journey A star

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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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The truth Our civilization Christian Tragic

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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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Great fear My heart One day Loving

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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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Not permissible Destroying Family life

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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

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Beloved country Unborn child Inheritor Our fear

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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering.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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Never thought Christian Free Suffering

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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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Sorrow Better Than fear Journey

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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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Work For men The land The people

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

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Sorrow Fear Impoverishes always May enrich

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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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Life Taught me Expect nothing Success

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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

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The ground Holy Came from The Creator

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And money is not something to go mad about.Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children

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Money Mad For food Clothes

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

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Weak Sinful man God His hands

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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

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Forgive us Have trespasses

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

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Our emancipation The fear Bondage Secret

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"15 Alan Paton Quotes & Sayings

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

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.

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

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

Alan Paton

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Alan Paton

I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering.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.

Alan Paton

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.

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

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.

Alan Paton

The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

Alan Paton

Alan Paton

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

Alan Paton

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

Alan Paton

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

Alan Paton

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"15 Alan Paton Quotes & Sayings

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

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.

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

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

Alan Paton

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Alan Paton

I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering.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.

Alan Paton

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.

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

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.

Alan Paton

The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

Alan Paton

Alan Paton

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

Alan Paton

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

Alan Paton

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

Alan Paton

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