First quality:
you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps.
We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.’
‘Second quality:
now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener.
That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he’s much sharper.
So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.
‘Third quality:
the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes.
This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.’
‘Fourth quality:
what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside.
So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.’
‘Finally, the pencil’s fifth quality:
it always leaves a mark.
in just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action
