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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Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.
Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.
Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.
If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.
Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.
Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.