Sage Quotes

347 Sage quotes by 203 unique authors

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not… — Euripides
Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its… — Mooji
There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth.… — Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and… — Charles Alexander Eastman
From sage on the stage to guide on the side. — Unknown Author
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for,… — Pete Gill
Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk,… — Ed Koch
As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the… — Deepak Chopra
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has… — Madame de Stael
You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets of the living… — John H. Vandenberg
Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at the same time… — Swami Vivekananda
The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or… — Laozi
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets… — Laozi
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows… — John Jay Chapman
The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in… — Albert Einstein
I don't consider myself any great sage of fashion or style, whatever people may want to think. — Jude Law
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role. — J M Coetzee
Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage. — Edward Abbey
Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we must—if we are really to live at all, if we are to enjoy the… — Margaret Sanger
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that… — Abraham Maslow
To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare… — Elizabeth Charles
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with… — Laozi
Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer. — Newell Dwight Hillis
Dear Lord, who made the face of me not all that I would have it be, not really homely, only plain, but strong and patient… — Unknown Author

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