Alan Paton
Alan Paton
Alan Stewart Patonwas a South African author and anti-apartheid activist...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 January 1903
running lovely cry-the-beloved-country
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills...
men hands cry-the-beloved-country
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
fool cry-the-beloved-country quiet
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
cry-the-beloved-country beloved-country one-thing
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
forgiving
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
nowhere-to-go
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
touched
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
taught expect-nothing endeavor
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.
earth enough johannesburg
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
johannesburg
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
fear belief power-of-love
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
dawn cry-the-beloved-country failing
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
st-francis-of-assisi use taught
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
house soul one-day
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.