Often I have found that the one thing that can…

Often I have found that the one thing that can save is the thing which appears most to threaten… one has to go down into what one most fears and that process… comes a saving flicker of light and energy that, even if it does not produce the courage of a hero, at any rate enables a trembling mortal to take one step further.

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Laurens Van Der Post

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