Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same."

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

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

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

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

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."

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

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

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness.

Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement.

the truth is that it's far easier to make a bomb than to educate four hundred million people.

You achieve strength, braveness and confidence by each experience in which you really halt to search dread during the deal with

The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies.

I think when you're in love with someone, it reveals a lot about yourself. You either rise to your highest highs or you stoop to your lowest lows.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

Things are not going to improve for you in life until YOU improve

Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty.

Don't wait till you get bigger to put in place key items, such as staff surveys, peer interviewing for hiring and clear standards of behavior [developed by staff].