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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Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
When work is pleasure, life is joy.
Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.
It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.
Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.
Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.