The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.
A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone.
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
Without stones there is no arch.
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone.
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
I was always taught to let the obstacles be your guide because they lead you to places that you wouldn't have gone on your own. Instead of going through a rock, you go around it, creating a path.
Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.