Diogenes

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

I am not afraid of death because I do not know what it is.

The only way to live in a corrupt society is to be absolutely honest.

I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave.

The only true commonwealth is as wide as the universe.

I am doing the same as you, only in a different way.

The only way to be rich is to despise riches.

I am a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

The only free man is the one who has no fear of the tyrant.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

The only way to be happy is to be free, and the only way to be free is to be brave.

I have nothing. Therefore, I am always rich.

Why are you studying philosophy if you have no need of it?

I have gained a kingdom, for I have learned to rule myself.

The noblest thing is to be a master of oneself.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

I am a dog, belonging to no particular master, but to the gods.

The greatest good is freedom from pleasure.

When I see physicians, lawyers, and philosophers, I think man is the most unfortunate of animals; when I see priests and prophets, I think he is the most divine.

The fewer my needs, the freer I am.