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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected wit

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb

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Hardship is best sailed with a heart ship. – Terri Guillemets

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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. – O. Henry, The Gifts of the Magi

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Adversity

Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. РPata̱jali

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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. – Sophocles

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What if when you die, they ask “How was heaven?” – Author Unknown

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Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. – Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997

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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. – Isaac Asimov

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