“To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.”
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Famous Alan Paton Quotes
“Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.”
“What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“All roads lead to Johannesburg.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.”
Source: Too Late The Phalarope
“For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.”
Source: Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama
“When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.”
“But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.”
Source: Cry, the Beloved Country