Sage Quotes

347 Sage quotes by 203 unique authors

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. — Robert Burns
How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height… — Confucius
THE PATH IS exceedingly vast. From ancient times to the present day, even the greatest sages were unable to perceive and comprehend the entire truth;… — Morihei Ueshiba
On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth: Forward… — Walter Scott
Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what… — Laozi
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The… — Edmund Spenser
A seeker searched for years to know the secret of achievement and success in human life. One night in a dream a sage appeared bearing… — Joan D. Chittister
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and… — Origen
We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how… — Zhuangzi
But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a man flawed in wisdom. — Sheldon Vanauken
The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
PRIMAL TEARS is a novel of tremendous power. Passionate and erotic, at times tenderly lyrical, it confronts head-on, without flinching, brutal environmental and feminist politics.… — Kate Wilhelm
He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself. — Publilius Syrus
Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do so… — Zhuangzi
The love of a Sage for his fellows likewise finds expression amongst mankind. Were he not told sop, he would not know that he loved… — Zhuangzi
If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different likes and dislikes.… — Zhuangzi
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror… — Zhuangzi
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus… — Laozi
A sage once said, ‘How shall I open my heart, oh friend? It is forbidden for me to speak. I am about to die for… — Trevor Hall
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. — Zhuangzi
The Tao of the sage is work without effort. — Laozi
Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of… — Willard Van Orman Quine
Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the Greek philosophers, and… — Albert Einstein

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