All Alan Paton Quotes
- 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… Compass
- For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing. Centuries
- We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money. Even Work
- What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife… Axe
- I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered,… Bear
- For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.… Air
- It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be. Been
- I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society. Actively
- 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
- It is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past… Building
- You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right. Ask
- I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find… Africa
- I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating Day