Sage Quotes

347 Sage quotes by 203 unique authors

The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Children, do not listen to those who malign masters and sages. Never listen to or indulge in derogatory talk about anyone. When we harbor negative… — Mata Amritanandamayi
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection,… — Jason Chaffetz
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above ground For any… — Lord Byron
Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years. — Dhani Harrison
Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors… — Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time. — George Boas
Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove difficulties and dangers,… — Sima Qian
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the… — Bodhidharma
. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind… — Bodhidharma
For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. — Alexander Pope
Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied… — Max Beerbohm
Time may restore us in his course Goethe's sage mind and Byron's force: But where will Europe's latter hour Again find Wordsworth's healing power? — Matthew Arnold
The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seeker… — John Greenleaf Whittier
In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Love is done when Loves begun, Sages say, But have Sages known? — Emily Dickinson
So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass From life to… — Erasmus Darwin
Even to the sage who's doing Sahaja Samadhi, the great guru, I'd say: "Hey buddy, you know, I like the robes and everything, but remember,… — Frederick Lenz
Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and replete with possibilities.… — Sue Thoele
Years hence, perhaps, may dawn an age, More fortunate, alas! than we, Which without hardness will be sage, And gay without frivolity. — Matthew Arnold
Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous. — James Anthony Froude
We do not attend to the advice of the sage and experienced because we think they are old, forgetting that they once were young and… — William Hazlitt
One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said,… — Bill Vaughan

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