Stoicism
📌 As a carpenter's material is wood, the philosopher's material is his own life.
Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and that of statuary bronze, so the subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life. -- Epictetus, Discourses
Virtues of a Stoic Sage
The virtues of the Stoic sage are patience, timeliness, deep commitment, seriousness (as opposed to frivolity), calmness (as opposed to anger or euphoria), peacefulness (as opposed to aggression), caution (as opposed to recklessness), benevolence (as opposed to hatred), joy (as opposed to sullenness), passivity (as opposed to agitation), and wisdom.
The ancient Stoics described as the sage as the ideal person who has perfected his reason and achieved complete wisdom.