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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Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.
The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.
Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.
Little things console us because little things afflict us.
Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.
No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.