We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
Diogenes

He has the most who is most content with the least.
Diogenes

Stand a little less between me and the sun.
Diogenes

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
Diogenes

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

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Diogenes