“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.

When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

I don’t get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can’t help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.

Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.

I will confess I am a great wingman. Since I have a girlfriend, I’ll start the night with her, but then I’ll help out the guys by making them sound like the most incredible guys in the world.

Our hearts can’t help who they beat for.

The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.