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

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

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

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

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

“I am a citizen of the world.”

“A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. "If you would only learn to compliment Dionysus, you wouldn't have to live on lentils.”

“In good company one must never want to be entirely and solely right, which is what all pure logic wants [...].”

“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.”

“Praestat angustus esse quam fractus!”

“You are the softness of the morning dew!”

“So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of them. [...] human souls are more free when they persevere in the contemplation of the mind of God, less free when they descend to the corporeal, and even less free when they are entirely imprisoned in earthly flesh and blood.”

“On ne peut opposer absraitement le spectacle et l'activité sociale effective.”