Sage (philosophy)

“There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.”

“A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his own thought, because it is his.”

“He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.”

“The sage and the contemner of wealth most resemble God.”

“I cannot understand how some people can live without communicating with the wisest people who ever lived on earth.”

“A questioner asks: If human nature is evil, then where do ritual and rightness come from? I reply: ritual and rightness are always created by the conscious activity of the sages.”