Quotes by Sage If the way of the sage is true, that we are all dreaming our world into being, then it has to apply not only to our private, personal universe but to the world at large. Alberto Villoldo sage our-world dream If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were. Aldous Huxley sage learning saint For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. Alexander Pope sage welcome guests The professor, instead of being the "sage on the stage," functions as a "guide on the side." Alison King sage education inspirational Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury sage examination tests It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury sage tests humor When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger. Anthony de Mello sage idiot moon All the great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ignorant and as indelicate as generals, because they feel secure of impunity. Anton Chekhov impunity sage The jester is brother to the sage. Arthur Koestler jester sage brother He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. Baltasar Gracian sage beast solitude The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be. Baltasar Gracian sage intelligence wisdom The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. Baltasar Gracian sage merit attention How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles. Bill Veeck sage wrinkles wisdom Walking companions, like heroes, are difficult to pluck out of the crowd of acquaintances. Good dispositions, ready wit, friendly conversation serve well enough by the fireside but they prove insufficient in the field. For there you need transcendentalists-nothing less; you need poets, sages, humorists and natural philosophers. Brooks Atkinson sage hero friendly The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich. Charles Bukowski sage artist sitting Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their lives a hundred times than be condemned to live on, in society, but not of it - a by-word of reproach to all who know their history, and a mark for scorn to point his finger at. Charles Mackay sage may world Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that. Dogen sage events believe There was once a Hindu sage, who sat down on the banks of the Ganges and thought for seventy years about the millennium. Just as he arrived at the solution and was putting it into verse, a mosquito stung him and he forgot it again at once. Don Marquis mosquitoes sage years I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks. Edward Dahlberg sage smell character In Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.' Poets were considered 'sages of the word,' who meditated on human enigmas and explored the beyond, the realm of the gods. Edward Hirsch aztec sage keys 12345678»