Philosophy Quote by Diogenes of Sinope — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I am a citizen of the world.”

“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”

“Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.”

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

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

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

“The inner revolution will not be televised or sold on the Internet. It must take place within one's own mind and heart.”

“Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.”

“The only safe thing is to take a chance.”

“At the very best, a mind enclosed in language is in prison. It is limited to the number of relations which words can make simultaneously present to it; and remains in ignorance of thoughts which involve the combination of a greater number. These thoughts are outside language, they are unformulable, although they are perfectly rigorous and clear and although every one of the relations they involve is capable of precise expression in words. So the mind moves in a closed space of partial truth, which may be larger or smaller, without ever being able so much as to glance at what is outside.”

“I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel that I no longer belong to the mortal gang. I am above everything then, above the gods themselves. Perhaps that is what death is: a sensation of great, of extreme superiority.”