(34 quotes found)
“There lived a sage in days of yore,And he a handsome pigtail wore;But wondered much and sorrowed moreBecause it hung behind him.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.”
Chuang Tzu
“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
“How often when they find a sage, As sweet as Socrates or Plato; They hand him hemlock for his wage, Or bake him like a sweet potato! Donald R”
Don Marquis
“The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the”
Albert Einstein
“The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.”
Lao Tzu
“We should take inspiration from learned-people and sages and put them into practice. ”
Yajur Veda
“Gentlemen, you have just been listening to that Chinese sage, On Too long”
Will Rogers
“A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I've never seen anyone take to the booth as quickly as Lou. He's smart and sage.”
Tim McCarver
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