Alan Paton Quotes

- Mr. Berg, Are you an Afrikaner?- Yes-And are you proud of it?-I am not ashamed of it, but I am not proud of it, for in fact I had nothing to do with it.

Indeed, there is something in this valley, some spirit and some life, and much to talk about in the huts. Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.

Life 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.

When men are ruled by fear they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

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.

I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.