Famous Quotes by Alan Paton

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

The highest road is to be found in love, and it can be reached only by those who would sacrifice everything for the beloved.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

The true measure of a nation’s greatness is in its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.

When a man is at peace with himself, he can be at peace with the world.

For in the end, it is the love you give and the love you take that makes all the difference.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

To be a man is to be part of a great and complex struggle for the future.

The future lies in our hands, and we must have the courage to shape it.

The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

The greatest gift of life is that we have the opportunity to make a difference.

A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Peace is not merely the absence of war; it is the presence of justice.

I have often wished I could put a sense of my own destiny into my own hands.

We can change the world if we want to, but we must change ourselves first.

It is not the content of a man’s character that makes him great, but the way he acts under pressure.

There is a great deal of courage needed to face the truth.

Love is not a matter of what happens in life, but what we make of what happens.

We are all capable of great things, yet we tend to underestimate our potential.