Alan Paton
Alan Paton
Alan Stewart Patonwas a South African author and anti-apartheid activist...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 January 1903
voice done helping
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices. But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
beautiful fighting land
When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for? I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
home sleep past
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days. Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction. People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger. And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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.