Agitation Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

— Laozi

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

— Baltasar Gracian

“As to the roaming of sages, They move in utter emptiness, Let their minds meander in the great nothingness; They run beyond convention And…

— Lao Tzu

“People of true understanding nourish sages and through them, nourish the whole world.”

— Wu Wei

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head,…

— Anonymous

It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom...

— Friedrich Schiller

“Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.”

— Lao Tzu

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes…

— Laozi

“Do not malign the words of a sage even if they seem trivial, for they contain the loftiest wisdom.”

— Aharon Feldman

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

— Laozi

“Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves;”

— Lao Tzu