Diogenes Quotes

We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.

To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained,I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?

The mob is the mother of tyrants.