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Alan Paton
Author profile
born
in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
January 11, 1903
died
April 12, 1988
gender
male
genre
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Cry, the Beloved Country
— published 1940 — 85 editions |
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Too Late the Phalarope
— published 1953 — 14 editions |
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Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful
— published 1981 — 9 editions |
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Tales From a Troubled Land
— published 1961 — 5 editions |
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Debbie Go Home
— published 1961 |
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Instrument of Thy peace: The Prayer of St. Francis
— published 1975 — 8 editions |
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Towards the Mountain
— 3 editions |
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Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope Tales from a Troubled Land
by Alan Paton, Connor P. Hartnett — published 1987 |
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Kontakion for You Departed
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Journey Continued: An Autobiography
— 4 editions |
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“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.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country
― Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country
― Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country
“ — This world is full of trouble, umfundisi.
— Who knows it better?
— Yet you believe?
Kumalo looked at him under the light of the lamp. I believe, he said, but I have learned that it is a secret. 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. There is my wife, and you, my friend, and these people who welcomed me, and the child who is so eager to be with us here in Ndotsheni – so in my suffering I can believe.
— I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
Kumalo looked at his friend with joy. You are a preacher, he said.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country
— Who knows it better?
— Yet you believe?
Kumalo looked at him under the light of the lamp. I believe, he said, but I have learned that it is a secret. 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. There is my wife, and you, my friend, and these people who welcomed me, and the child who is so eager to be with us here in Ndotsheni – so in my suffering I can believe.
— I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
Kumalo looked at his friend with joy. You are a preacher, he said.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country
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