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 … - Rabindranath Tagore

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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.

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About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known as Rabi Thakur, was a Bengali philosopher, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.

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Native Name: রবীন্দ্রনাথ
Alternative Names: Rabīndranātha Thākur • Kabiguru • Tagore • Bishwakabi • R. Tagore • Rabindranat Tagor • Bhanu Singha Thakur • Gurudev • Biswakabi • Nyi Wang Gönpo • Tagore, rabindranath • Ravindranath Thakur
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