Sage Quotes

A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.

You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.

Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.

The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.

A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.