A gem is not

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

Jan, 21 2012     77 chars (1 sms)     1258 views       Quotes

more Quotes SMS Messages

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.
Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived
Thework will teach you how to do it.
If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore
Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.
Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.
I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.
The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.