One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
Alan PatonIt is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
Alan PatonI have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
Alan PatonIt is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
Alan PatonThere 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.
Alan Paton