# Quote — Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country

> 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.

- Author: [Alan Paton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton.md)
- Book: [Cry, The Beloved Country](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton/cry-the-beloved-country.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton/cry-the-beloved-country/i-have-never

## More from this book

> The white man has broken the tribe. And it is my belief—and again I ask your pardon—that it cannot be mended again. But the house that is broken, and the man that falls apart when the house is broken, these are the tragic things. That is why children break the law, and old white people are robbed and beaten.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton/cry-the-beloved-country/the-white-man.md)

> Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton/cry-the-beloved-country/sorrow-is-better.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-paton/cry-the-beloved-country/pain-and-suffering.md)