Sage Quotes
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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.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.
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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
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He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
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The Tao of the sage is work without effort.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.
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The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.
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I never denied being a fool. That's the difference between us.
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The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
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The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
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The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.
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People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.
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Every one of us is a mystic. We may or may not realize it, we may not even like it. But whether we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, mystical experience is always there, inviting us on a journey of ultimate discovery. We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom. Existence is a summons to the eternal journey of the sage - the sage we all are, if only we could see.
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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'
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Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside and the inside with the outside.
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Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.
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The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.
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Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.
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The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.
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The first cause worked automatically like a somnambulist, and not reflectively like a sage.
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Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.
