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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We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.
The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.
Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free
The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.
The present is never a happy state to any being
Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?