Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!
Traveler! If you keep wandering in the path of wisdom you too eventually become a man of wisdom!
Wise man is a wing; stupid man is a hole! You meet a wise man, you rise, you meet a stupid man, and you fall!
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.
Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!
Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.
Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon!...
A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open.
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.
Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.
A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.
The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient,...
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
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.
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