Life's fulfillment finds constant obstacles in its path; but those are…

Rabindranath Tagore
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Life's fulfillment finds constant obstacles in its path; but those are necessary for the sake of its advance. The stream is saved from the sluggishness of its current by the perpetual opposition of the soil through which it must cut its way. The spirit of fight belongs to the genius of life. ✨ Rabindranath Tagore (2015). The Religion of Man, p.87, Ravenio Books
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