Sages Quotes

104 Sages quotes by 93 unique authors

Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread,… — Rex Stout
I abide in a goodly Museum, Frequented by sages profound: 'Tis a kind of strange mausoleum, Where the beasts that have vanished abound. There's a… — Unknown Author
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In order to find out how to reveal our innermost Being, the sages explored the various sheaths of existence, starting from body and progressing through… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside. — Laura Bush
Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced… — Ken Wilber
Not only must the most privileged feel they are brothers and sisters of the most destitute, but the most destitute must feel as well that… — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by… — Okakura Kakuzo
In Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.'… — Edward Hirsch
Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be… — Sun Tzu
I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am… — Swami Vivekananda
The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy? — Ming-Dao Deng
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
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
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
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
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
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
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head… — Friedrich Nietzsche
By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not… — Ali Akbar Khan
Both scientists and sages have told us what we already know to be true in our hearts: everything is connected. Therefore as we change, the… — Marie Forleo
It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age and substituted for… — H. L. Mencken

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