Sage Quotes - Page 16

• A strong, brave man is born each month, each year God gives a sage to men, A poet each ten years, perhaps, but an unselfish person,—when?

  Ridgely Torrence

  Strong, Men, Years

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• The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Attention, Merit, Modesty

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

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• The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

  Solomon Ibn Gabirol

  Rude, Good Man, Bears

  Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Benjamin Henry Ascher (1859). “A Choice of Pearls: Embracing a Collection of the Most Genuine Ethical Sentences, Maxims and Salutary Reflections”, p.145

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• 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 placed in the same situations as ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Thinking, Advice, Forget

  William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”

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• The place that does
  Contain my books, the best companions, is
  To me a glorious court, where hourly I
  Converse with the, old sages and philosophers;
  And sometimes for variety, I confer
  With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
  Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
  Unto a strict account; and in my fancy,
  Deface their ill-plac'd statutes.

  John William Fletcher

  Kings, Book, Victory

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• Religion is 'twixt God and my own soul, Nor saint, nor sage, can boundless thought control.

  Judith Sargent Murray

  Women, Soul, Religion

  Judith Sargent Murray (1992). “The gleaner”, Syracuse Univ Pr

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• The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Thinking, Men, Tobacco Smoking

  "Night and Morning". Book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, ch. vi, 1841.

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• 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 mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.

  Abraham Maslow

  Wise, Hero, Saint

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• 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, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.

  Abraham Maslow

  Giving Up, Selfish, Perfect

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• It’s Kahlua, Sage. Packed with sugar and coffee flavor.

  Richelle Mead

  Coffee, Flavor, Sugar

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• What about you, Sage? I know we don't have to worry about you violating the dress code. Did you have fun at your Alchemist spa this weekend?

  Richelle Mead

  Fun, Weekend, Worry

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.38, Penguin

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• The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.

  Charles Alexander Eastman

  Wise, Attitude, Believe

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• Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.

  Colley Cibber

  Running, Food, Fall

  Colley Cibber (1777). “The Dramatic Works of Colley Cibber ...: In Five Volumes : Volume the Second”, p.211

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• Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

  Laura Bush

  Age, Library, Offers

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• Every one of us is a mystic. We may or may not realize it, we may not even like it. But whether we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, mystical experience is always there, inviting us on a journey of ultimate discovery. We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom. Existence is a summons to the eternal journey of the sage - the sage we all are, if only we could see.

  Wayne Teasdale

  God, Wisdom, Caring

  Wayne Teasdale (2010). “The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions”, p.3, New World Library

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• 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 birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.

  Ken Wilber

  Rocks, Dust, Bird

  Ken Wilber (2000). “Integral Psychology”, p.192, Shambhala Publications

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• The sage said, "The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love. That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them; you just forget. spiritual Dimensions of Psychology."

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Hate

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• To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

  Eliphas Levi

  Practice, Magic, Quacks

  Eliphas Levi (1996). “The Paradoxes of the Highest Science”, p.45, Health Research Books

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• 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 something within them makes them equal to the greatest sages and geniuses.

  Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

  Faith, Brother, Genius

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• The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.

  Laozi

  Greatness, Taoism, Strive

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• Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.

  Laozi

  Honor, Taoism, Demand

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• If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.

  Laozi

  Compassion, People, Taoism

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• The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.

  Laozi

  Compassion, Taoism, Concern

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• Dear Lord, who made the face of me not all that I would have it be, not really homely, only plain, but strong and patient in the main. Yet one, a man apart, who found me fair and gave his heart. Now Lord, that I have grown more sage . . . into middle age. I only ask, as face grows lines of countenance, it be described as kind; that wrinkles by my eyes will show a little humor as I go; that I may view my humble scene with glance of one content, serene, through grateful, shining eyes that see the blessings you have given me.

  Ruth Perry

  Strong, Kindness, Grateful

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• Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer.

  Newell Dwight Hillis

  Book, Giving, Mind

  Newell Dwight Hillis (2012). “The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service”, p.42, tredition

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