Diogenes Quotes
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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
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We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".
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If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?
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I am looking for an honest man.
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All things are in common among friends.
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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
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When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."
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When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
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The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."
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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
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I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.