All Alan Paton Quotes
- To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. Free
- Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right. Ask
- What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? Bring
- But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power. Completely
- For who can stop the heart from breaking? Breaking
- And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there… Broad
- 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… Endure
- One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue Begun
- There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills... From
- One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored. Day
- All roads lead to Johannesburg. All
- Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. God
- It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has… Add
- Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep. Deep
- Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose… All
- Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools. Except
- I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all. All
- Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses. All
- Although nothing has come yet, something is here already. Come Yet
- But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret. Bondage
- The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate. African American
- There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing… Any
- It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love. Belief
- I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will… Africa
- There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love. Completely