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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Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.
Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.
you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money
Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.
A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.
There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Drown not thyself to save a drowning man
He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.
Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.