Vidur niti symbol of wise man

He that is not served from the high ends of life by the aid of self-knowledge, exertion, forbearance and steadiness in virtue, is called wise.

These again are the marks of a wise man, viz., adherence to acts, worthy of praise and rejection of what is blamable, faith, and reverence.

He whom neither anger nor joy, nor pride, nor false modesty, nor stupefaction, nor vanity, can draw away from the high ends of life, is considered as wise.

  He whose intended acts, and proposed counsels remain concealed from foes, and whose acts become known only after they have been done, is considered wise.

  He whose proposed actions are never obstructed by heat or cold, fear of attachment, prosperity or adversity, is considered wise.

He whose judgment dissociated from desire, followed both virtue and profit, and who disregarding pleasure chooses such ends as are serviceable in both worlds, is considered wise.

 That man who know the nature of all creatures (viz., that everything is subject to destruction), who is cognizant also of the connections of all acts, and who is proficient in the knowledge of the means that men may resort to (for attaining their objects), is reckoned as wise.

He who speak boldly, can converse on various subjects, know the science of argumentation, possess genius, and can interpret the meaning of what is writ in books, is reckoned as wise.

He whose studies are regulated by reason, and whose reason follower the scriptures, and who never abstained from paying respect to those that are good, is called a wise man.

They that exert to the best of their might, and act also to the best of their might, and disregard nothing as insignificant, are called wise.

He that understands quickly, listened patiently, pursuit his objects with judgment and not from desire and spend not his breath on the affairs of others without being asked, is said to possess the foremost mark of wisdom.

They that do not strive for objects that are unattainable, that do not grieve for what is lost and gone, that do not suffer their minds to be clouded amid calamities, are regarded to possess intellects endued with wisdom.

He who strives, having commenced anything, till it is completed, who never wasted his time, and who hath his soul under control, is regarded wise.

They that are wise, O bull of the Bharata race always delight in honest deeds, do what tended to their happiness and prosperity, and never sneer at what is good.

He who exultant not at honors, and griever not at slights, and remainder cool and agitated like a lake in the course of Ganga, is reckoned as wise.