Sage Quotes

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

True riches belong to those who shun false ones.

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.

Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.

Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.

He (Jesus) gave up his life not because of the so-called sins of humanity, but because he was too adamant to give in to orthodox monstrosity.

Clarity in my cup. Transparency of my soul. Lucidity of myself. Elixir of the ages. Tea makes us all sages.

It is your existential responsibility to raise your child as a human being above everything else – catholic, muslim, jew, asian, caucasian or whatever.

A true sage is simple like a child.

A great sage is like a tree, he lives just to help others, just to make this world beautiful.

The agonizing flames of misery can turn the human heart inside your skull into a breeding ground for virtues.

If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.

An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master.

Silent our body is a sacred temple, A place to connect with other people. Can't we just stay any younger? Really, we might keep it stronger, Elated, rather than so tilted or feeble!!

The human self and the God self are both creations of molecules in the human brain.

The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.

Let your conscience be your scripture and your actions be your religion. Let the humans be your church and compassion be your worship. Let love be your gospel and acceptance be your revelation.

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life.

A wolf only attends a rabbit’s funeral to eat its young.

It is difficult to fill a broken vessel, and impossible to fill a leaking one.

A sage is a library whose bookshelves are in his soul.

Only fools are born wise.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.

One who never reads only goes where his feet can take him, but one who does, travels around the world.

You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.

Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.