“The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.”
Wei Wu Wei (1895–1986) writer
Fingers Pointing Towards The Moon (1958)
“By an unfailing coincidence, the man who wrongs us is a villain, and the man who does us a kindness is a saint.”
Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 109
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