My Life in Court (1961), p. 115.
“When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.”
“And so, pointing fingers become pointing guns, because nobody listens to fingers.”
Source: Gods and Generals
“Whenever God has pointed the way with his finger, he also cleared the way with his mighty palm.”
When he was looking for help to build his institutions at Anandwan, unexpected help came from 50 volunteers of 36 different countries working under the banner of “Service Civil International", from Gandhi’s Ashram at Sevagram, page=14
Baba Amte: A Vision of New India
Diogenes, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics
“O but it is a fine thing to have a finger pointed at one, and to hear people say, "That's the man!"”
At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est".
Satire I, line 28.
The Satires
“3890. Point not at other's Spots with a foul Finger.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750) : Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“No affirmation is more than a finger pointing to the moon.”
The World's Religions (1991)
Context: Signposts are not the destination, maps are not the terrain. Life is too rich and textured to be fitted into pigeonholes, let alone equated with them. No affirmation is more than a finger pointing to the moon. And, lest attention turn to the finger, Zen will point, only to withdraw its finger at once.
“Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. -Nana”
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
Sir Thomas More, Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)
