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

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Alan Paton was a 20th-century South African author. Alan Stewart Paton was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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