Diogenes Quotes

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.

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

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.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.