刽开顽石方知玉，淘尽泥沙始见金。
释义：只有经过艰苦的努力和考验，才能发现或创造出价值重大的事物。
In the end, we are all stories. What matters is how we tell them.
A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
