Character Quote by Donald J. Robertson

“The sage has no mind of his own. He is aware of the needs of others. I am good to people who are good.…

— Lao Tzu

“Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.”

— Lao Tzu

“In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man.”

— Marquis de Sade

“Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men) do…

— Lao Tzu

“The sage has in the world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his mind in a state of indifference to all.”

— Lao Tzu

“He used to say that there are only two sources of human vice—idleness and superstition, and only two virtues—activity and intelligence.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He who wishes to preserve, often destroys, so that virtue seems vice, and vice seems virtue.”

— Guglielmo Ferrero

“Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.”

— Lao Tzu

“Virtue, should there be anyone who still ignores the fact, always finds pitfalls on the extremely difficult path of perfection, but sin and vice…

— José Saramago

“Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our…

— Aristotle

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back…

— Laozi

“Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.”

— Plato