Diogenes
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.Collection: Men
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.Collection: New
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.Collection: Intelligence
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.Collection: Wisdom
The great thieves lead away the little thief.Collection: Great
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.Collection: Art
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.Collection: Good
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.Collection: Men
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.Collection: Nature
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.Collection: Men
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.Collection: Music
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.Collection: Freedom
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.Collection: Education
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?Collection: Teacher
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.Collection: Good
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?Collection: Dog
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.Collection: Food
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.Collection: Men
He has the most who is most content with the least.Collection: Old Soul
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?Collection: Hurt
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.Collection: People
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotingsCollection: Inspirational
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.Collection: Mad
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.Collection: Inspirational
We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?Collection: World
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.Collection: Religious
No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.Collection: Gratitude
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.Collection: Teacher
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.Collection: Beautiful
We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.Collection: Dream
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.Collection: Wise
Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief."Collection: Saws
To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.Collection: Self
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.Collection: Philosophy
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."Collection: Lamps
The mob is the mother of tyrants.Collection: Mother
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."Collection: Practice
Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.Collection: Philosophy
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.Collection: Truth
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.Collection: Giving
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.Collection: Dance
As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.Collection: House
I am looking for an honest man.Collection: Honesty
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.Collection: Dog
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.Collection: Two
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.Collection: Good Friend
We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.Collection: Simple
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.Collection: Wise
If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?Collection: Care
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.Collection: Gratitude