Cry The Beloved Country Quotes

And money is not something to go mad about … Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.

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.

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

Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

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

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.

Happy the eyes that can close

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

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.

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.

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

The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

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

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

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

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.