Sage is cleansing and sacred.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ripen your mind to the glorious history of the ages and revel in your mastery as today's youth shall look upon you as a sage.
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.