Sage Quotes Quotes & Sayings

Be wiser than most, be a child in your heart, be a sage in your mind and a mage with your hands. Feel hearts beating, hear the flapping of birds' wings. Heal the broken, embrace the vulnerable. Speak to the living trees. Be pulled down by no one, and by nothing. This is how to be a Goddess. — C. JoyBell C.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man — Anonymous

As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Scholars love knowledge.
Philosophers love wisdom.
The most knowledgeable become professors.
The most wise become sages. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Tell them a lie big enough, they'll worship you as a sage. Tell them a truth big enough and they'll mock you. — Abhijit Naskar

A sage can see further than a predator. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A sage's mind is a storeroom of great riches. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, your eyes are open; when you look in the mirror and see God, your soul is open. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't ask for miracles. You are the living embodiment of all the miracles in the world. — Abhijit Naskar

A sage benefits from his mistakes more than a fool benefits from his triumphs. — Matshona Dhliwayo

[Love] feels . . ." I paused, turning the highlighter in my hand, "like an awakening of senses you never knew you had, and once they're awakened, you're never the same. The way you see the world is altered. Instead of riding down a road on your bike and thinking how the wind feels good on your face, you think, 'This is how it feels when he kisses my cheek.' You play a piece on the piano, and instead of imagining a crowd applauding, you only see him, sitting in the chair next to the piano, smiling at you. You catch the scent of sage in the air and think, 'This is how he smells.' But it's also kind of like being on a mousetrap ride. Exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time. You smile and laugh and feel a thrill inside of you, all the while wondering in the back of your mind if the car will come off the track at the next turn, or if your harness will come open and you will be tossed to the ground to your death. — Sarah Beard

Man and wife, realist and dreamer ... n truth they were more than one flesh, they had formed and sustained each other, they had ONE STORY between them and it wasn't at all easy for me or my brother to inhabit it. — Lorna Sage

If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A scholar's weapon is his pen;
a sage's weapon, his deeds. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You are a god wrapped in flesh; the divinity you've always been seeking is wrapped within. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A day with a sage will save you a thousand of study. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A sage is a student, though a teacher. — Matshona Dhliwayo

One sage is worth more than a thousand warriors. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The real Jihad is an internal process, not an external one. — Abhijit Naskar

A student who listens gains more than a sage who speaks. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If you try to test a river's depths with both feet, you will drown. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person makes one error,
and learns ten lessons.
He makes two errors,
and learns twenty lessons.
He makes three errors,
and learns thirty lessons.
He makes few errors,
and learns countless lessons. — Matshona Dhliwayo

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

One deed from a sage achieves more than a thousand deeds from warriors. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A sage is a good teacher, but an even greater learner. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Religion, when realized truly, can provide an extremely accurate moral compass to the human conscience, while politics on the other hand, when utilized properly can ensure the wellbeing of the society. — Abhijit Naskar

Knowledge is a sage's best friend;
wisdom is his soul mate.
Virtue is a saint's best friend;
love is his soul mate. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Know thy self, and the world will be thy oyster! — Abhijit Naskar

A true sage is simple like a child. — Debasish Mridha

A fish is a genius in water.
An eagle is a genius in air.
A fox is a genius on land.
A sage is a genius in life. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Listen like a student.
Learn like a scholar.
Live like a sage.
Love like a saint. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If poverty defines greatness, then become the poorest person on earth, in terms of weakness and bigotry. And if wealth defines glory, then become the wealthiest person on earth, in terms of courage, confidence and reasoning. — Abhijit Naskar

Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer? — Mary Sage Nguyen

Prophets foretell the future;
sages prepare for it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When it comes to the education of our young, this privilege should only be given to those whose visions are solely in the uplifting benefit of the child. There is no room for the ego in the education of children! Children should not be looked after, nor educated, by those who have not made a sacrifice within their hearts, laying down their own personal agenda and dreams, for the total ascension of the child. Even if you are to educate the children simply sitting under a tree; if you have the vision and the heart of a sage, those children will grow to be mighty men and women under your watch! And even if you wine and dine the children, putting them up in a palace; if you do not have the vision and the selfless heart of a sage, all you do is in utter vanity! — C. JoyBell C.

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

Insults from a sage are better than praises from a fool. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Saints are slaves of good works.
Sages are slaves of wisdom.
Conquerors are slaves of victory. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A sage's tongue is a little less than a prophet's;
a prophet's tongue is a little less than an angel's. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If you venture to be a sage
Let your virtues subside your rage
For deep wisdom you'll be venerated
Let cold veins feel blood cells generated — Munia Khan

Think like a scholar.
Speak like a sage.
Live like a saint. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What whispers from the center of the soul is an innocence - so loving, so pure, so divine - that the sage bows and the wise man weeps at the sound of its soft singing. — Heather K. O'Hara

The enlightened are superior to the learned. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Great sages began as great students. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't resist change if it is to your advantage.
Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one.
Don't burn down bridges you will need to cross tomorrow.
Don't expect other people to solve your problems.
Don't let what's behind you dictate what's ahead of you.
Don't lose sleep over anyone who doesn't lose sleep over you.
Don't let life's small arrows wound your big soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The enlightened worry less than others,
quarrel less than others,
fight less than others,
transgress less than others;
care more than others,
give more than others,
and love more than others. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You don't need a long beard to be a sage;
you need to be teachable.
You don't need gray hair to be wise;
you need to be sensible. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Religion is the Self revealing secrets of the Self to the Self. — Abhijit Naskar

I will always choose to be an imbecile. I couldn't cut it as an old fashion, and dry gal. — Mary Sage Nguyen

If you want to punish a sage lock him in the same room with a fool. — Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Become loving and become courageous. Become the inspiration which you seek outside. Bring the metaphorical heart of your limbic system in sync with the analytical powerhouse of the prefrontal cortex. From your mind shall rise the inspiration. From your mind shall rise the love. From your mind shall rise the greatest education of all. — Abhijit Naskar