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

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

“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.”

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

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

“I am a citizen of the world.”

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

“You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.”

“As long as there are countries with borders in this world, nationalism would remain the highest virtue.”

“That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence”

“It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.”

“There are no free lunches in philosophy any more than in real life.”

“I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.”