Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.

Diogenes

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

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

he-man dog men

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

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

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

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

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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as i... by Diogenes

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

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No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

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It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different fro... by Diogenes

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

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We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, shou... by Diogenes

We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

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He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am... by Diogenes

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

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

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

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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!"

plato animal men

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings by Diogenes

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

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Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

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When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."

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I am looking for an honest man. by Diogenes

I am looking for an honest man.

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Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

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You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.

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

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

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

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

riches house men

We have complicated every simple gift of the gods. by Diogenes

We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.

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