Diogenes — 🏺 Philosophy Quote

Diogenes uses anatomy to argue for the priority of listening over speaking.

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

Diogenes uses anatomy to argue for the priority of listening over speaking.

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

— Diogenes

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

— Diogenes

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

— Diogenes

“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth in kindness”

— Diogenes