Quotes About Sage

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

the Indian sage Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj so beautifully teaches: "Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing.' Between these two my life flows.

The cleft in her back hooves smelled far more strongly of pronghorn—that tangy mix of herbivore and sage—than did her front hooves.

The Romans brought with them spices such as ginger, pepper and cinnamon, and herbs including borage, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage, sage and thyme, all of which have remained staples of the British kitchen.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

Selon la tradition, c'est lui qui aurait inventé le mot « philosophie » en disant que seuls les dieux ont droit au beau nom de sage (sophos en grec), l'homme, quant à lui, ne peut qu'aimer la sagesse (philo, en grec, signifie « aimer » et sophia, « sagesse »), tendre vers elle, s'efforcer de l'atteindre.

Attentive readers will also note the significance of the form he uses for much of his teaching—the parable. The parable is the teaching tool of the sage, indicated by the fact that the Greek term for "parable" (parabol?) is used in Greek versions of the OT to translate the Hebrew word "proverb" (m?š?l ), a central form of wisdom teaching in the OT. The Jesus of the Gospels is a sage.

Ogni bocca di saggio che si complimenta con un altro è come un vaso di fiele mielato.

For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinions by a wager.

And then: 'Here comes your baby. Sois sage. Sois chic.' He moved slightly away and began talking to the boy next to him. And here my baby came indeed, through all that sunlight, his face flushed and his hair flying, his eyes, unbelievably, like morning stars.

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.

The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child, and the life of a child can teach us as much as the life of a sage.

Courage is a warrior, wisdom is a sage, virtue is a priest, and love is poet.

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

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

If you venture to be a sageLet your virtues subside your rageFor deep wisdom you'll be veneratedLet cold veins feel blood cells generated

As the Eastern saying, by the sage Hilali, has it, 'one person who understands is worth a hundred who merely obey a custom.

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

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

Iced tea may not have as much wisdom as hot tea, but in the summer better a cool and refreshed dullard than a steamy sweat-drenched sage — leave sagacity to the autumn!