There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. - Alan Paton
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 haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for? I couldn’t face that question. - Alan Paton
There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. - Alan Paton
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. - Alan Paton
Fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving. - Alan Paton
When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. - Alan Paton