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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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.
Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers
It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.
Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge
The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.
When our hearts are empty, we collect things.