“Great souls resemble the elements in their
immensity. They absorb everything — pain, injustice, insult, folly —and give
back decency and kindness. They are not born of a piece. They come into being
through unflinching confrontation with life's spears. They reach quiet. Discipline
is the backbone of graciousness. Stoicism is the other face of wounds. In the most
beautiful smile, painful knowledge hovers.”—Opinion columnist Roger Cohen, “Two
Deaths and My Life,” The New York Times, Jan.
11, 2020
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