“When sorrow is deepest...then the surface crust is pierced, …”

“When sorrow is deepest...then the surface crust is pierced, and consolation wells up, and all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. Thus great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Tagore, Rabindranath. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Rabindranath Tagore. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

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