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 aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.
If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!
You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!
It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.
Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.
We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.
In all superstitions wise men follow fools.
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.