Quotes about sage

One is not born wise one becomes it.

The gold of life is for those bold and brave in life.

In India, where there are no passports or identity discs, and where religions counts for so much- except among those few who have crossed the 'black water' - I believe that a man wearing a saffron robe, or carrying a beggar's bowl , or with silver crosses on his headgear and chest, could walk from Khyber Pass to Cape Comorin without once being questioned about his destination, or the object of his journey,

The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.

A man like this will not go where he has no will to go, will not do what he has no mind to do. Though the world might praise him and say he had really found something, he would look unconcerned and never turn his head; though the world might condemn him and say he had lost something, he would look serene and pay no heed. The praise and blame of the world are no loss or gain to him.

How much more reasonable is it to say with the sage Plato, that the perfect happiness of a state consists in the subjects obeying their prince, the prince obeying the laws, and the laws being equitable and always directed to the good of the public?

A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all.

I never denied being a fool. That's the difference between us.

You stole it from the master.""Who stole it from me. What I did simply set the universe back in order.

You eat with your left hand. That's unacceptable. Can you do it with your right?""Can you do it with your left?

If he put us in dresses, we wouldn't suddenly become women

Afraid of a wooden sword?""Just demonstrating my skills in evading an attack. Impressed?

Ask a sage, he will explain.Ask a fool, he will complain.

Get me a real chair

What was with this family, that all the sons were so freaking handsome it hurt to look at them

Adrian was completely deadpan. 'So. You're saying my sister is dressed like a prostitute.

For a moment his eyes locked onto me with an intensity that left me breathless.

Valuable lessons were code words for pain that no one apologized for.

Hey, Frenchie!” Sage poked his head out the door, the sun hitting the brown of his hair to reveal hidden strands of red. “Did you bring any baguettes?”“Why don’t you go season something, Herb?

We barely made it inside her room before I pressed her up against the closed door and kissed her until she couldn't breathe, until I couldn't breathe-but who needed air when you had a silken tongue and warm lips and a body that begged to be licked, pinched, stroked.

At the mention of her name, my heart started beating faster. Dawn. Rusty. My muse.

Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me.

Is it true?" Devlin asked me. "You're Prince Jaron?""KING Jaron, actually. News must travel slower amongst the illiterate." I glared at Gregor with every inch of disdain I felt. "Shouldn't you be groveling to me or bowing or something?" Gregor smiled. "I think before I have the chance, you will already be dead.""Ah. So much for all your toasts to my long life.

And I want you to find something in the hills for the vigils to protect, like a rock or a thornbush. I don't want them around here.

Wherever our lives lead us, one thing is certain. You and I will always be connected. You might be able to deny that, but I can't. Even I am not that good a liar.

I haven't don anything wrong." At least, not for a few hours

What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools?

She placed a hand on my cheek and softly kissed the other one, then whispered, “Remember this moment, then, Sage, when someone of my status offered a kindness to someone of yours. Because next time we meet, if Darius is dead, I will no longer be anyone of importance.

Never forget O Brave One, the best kind of existence is to exist for others.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

Know thy self, and the world will be thy oyster!

Legends are born in solitude. Idiots are born in packs.

With the rise of self- awareness, all separatisms cease to exist - all delusions cease to exist.

Don’t ask for miracles. You are the living embodiment of all the miracles in the world.

I am an advocate of godliness, not of god.

Smartness without wisdom is stupidity.

But then it was over too quickly and they pulled away. She knew they couldn't stand there and kiss like a couple on the run in a thriller.

His words reminded me of something else I’d meant to bring up when he got back to town, something that had taken a very low priority. “Your coat—you never took it back after the wedding. It’s in my car.”He waved dismissively “Keep it. I’ve got others.”“What am I going to do with a wool coat?” I asked. “Especially here in Palm Springs?”“Sleep with it,” he suggested. “Think of me.”I put my hands on my hips and tried to stare him down, which wasn’t easy since he was so tall. That, and because his w

Pleased to meet you." Sage said, offering his hand. "The pleasure is all mine," Rayna Purred. "Unless ofcourse, it's all Clea's which is even better."Sage smiled and might have even blushed a bit, which was highly entertaining.

Everyone gets scared at times. It's only the fools who won't admit it.

I am a monk at heart - a scientist at brain - a philosopher at conscience.

The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in today’s civilized and thinking society, it refers to simply your inner self. Spirit is the self, and the self is the soul. Hence, a spiritual person is a person who is more interested in realizing his or her inner self, than giving in to any conformity of the society.

Intelligence is a way of thinking, not a choice of words.

Even a thousand loud lies become powerless in front of one calm truth.

Truth does not need publicity, lies do.

I don’t want to take away anybody’s religion, but simply to make them see what religion really means.

A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself.A foolish sage is one who forgets this.Remember, or come full circle.

A true sage is simple like a child.

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

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.