Diogenes Quotes

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

Diogenes

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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.

Queen Elizabeth II
- Heart
- Mother
- Father
I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.

Naomi Campbell
- People
- Trying
- Truth
I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.

C. S. Lewis
- Truth
- Think
- Imagination
It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.

Zachary Quinto
- Life
- Work
- Road
I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.

Randy Newman
- Writing
- Truth
- Yourself
When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.

Walter Lippmann
- People
- Great
- Truth