A gem is not

A gem is not
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
  

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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.
Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.
Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.
Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
What is well done is done soon enough.
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.