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

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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.

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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.

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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

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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.

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All roads lead to Johannesburg.

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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, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.

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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.

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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.

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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.

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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 only one true name, and that is exploitation.

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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 of it.

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Happy the eyes that can close

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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.

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

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

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