Sages Quotes

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene,… — John Adams
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Jonas Hallgrimsson
Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to 'persevering prayer,' and the motto… — Adoniram Judson
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators,… — Abraham Maslow
As, pricked out with less and greater lights, between the poles of the universe, the Milky Way so gleameth white as to set very sages… — Dante Alighieri
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt. — John Heywood
Real music will help you move towards meditation, beyond the mind needs, towards spiritual needs. Real poetry will give you a glimpse of the minds… — Rajneesh
Truth is one, the sages speak of it by many names. — Joseph Campbell
Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages. — Nichiren
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
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
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
Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we mustâ€”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

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