"Adversity is a stimulus."

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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."

Christina Engela, South African Author

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"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Bad things bring out the real you, the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Adversity, Obstacle, Fate, Lesson, Suffering

"In an emergency, one often learns that one's companions can be of even less help in extraordinary circumstances than they are during an average evening."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

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"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."

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"My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it."

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"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is."

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"For me, prose walks, poetry dances."

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"I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public."

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"I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic."

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"Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open."

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