Alan Paton: Quotes about love

Alan Paton was South African writer and activist. Explore interesting quotes on love.

Alan Paton: 28 quotes4 likes

“But there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love. Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.”

Source: Cry, The Beloved Country

“Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.”

Source: Cry, The Beloved Country

“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”

“I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating.”

Cry, the Beloved Country, 1948
Source: Cry, The Beloved Country

“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.”

Source: Cry, The Beloved Country