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 havenโt any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for? I couldnโt face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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 PatonFor mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for. Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes. Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
Alan Paton