Sinope Quotes & Sayings

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? — Diogenes Of Sinope

You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people, — Anonymous

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. — Diogenes Of Sinope

When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names. — Charles Barkley

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 Dionysus, you wouldn't have to live on lentils."
Diogenes replied, "But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn't have to flatter Dionysus. — Diogenes Of Sinope

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours. — Diogenes Of Sinope

I hate being alone. I want people to talk to me. I want them to like me. It makes me angry when I try to say something and people ignore me. Or worse they laugh.
They call me names. Lots of names. Mean names. — A Meredith Walters

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. — Diogenes Of Sinope

There is always enough because I died for you. — Heidi Baker

When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade? — Diogenes Of Sinope

No man is hurt but by himself — Diogenes Of Sinope

Blushing is the color of virtue. — Diogenes Of Sinope

To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can. — Diogenes Of Sinope

People may come and go,lives may change in a instant,but love and friendship will last forever. — Elizabeth Sims

Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species. — Buzz Aldrin

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

I'd been looking around the world for clues as to what other countries were doing right, but the important distinctions were not about spending or local control or curriculum; none of that mattered very much. Policies mostly worked in the margins. The fundamental difference was a psychological one. The education superpowers believed in rigor. People in these countries agreed on the purpose of school: School existed to help students master complex academic material. Other things mattered, too, but nothing mattered as much. — Amanda Ripley

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. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. — Diogenes Of Sinope

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Only be admonished by what you already see, not to strike leagues of friendship with cheap persons, where no friendship can be. Our impatience betrays us into rash and foolish alliances which no God attends. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till I could give any proposition in the six books of Euclid at sight. I then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies. — Abraham Lincoln

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. — Diogenes Of Sinope

In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage. — Virginia Postrel

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. — Diogenes Of Sinope