Alan Paton The Quotations

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.

There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.

Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills...

Happy the eyes that can close

It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.

The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.