Sage Quotes
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He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.
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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we are sick of the sickness Shall we cease to be sick. The Sage is not sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.
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The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
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A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house.
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Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.
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The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
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The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.
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But hail thou Goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue.
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From the explicit prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees, our sages deduced that it is all the more forbidden to destroy the fruits themselves.
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To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.
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The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.
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Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.
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One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage.
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The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.
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The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
