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

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.