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

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

“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 Di...”

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

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