"It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little." - Diogenes

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

Diogenes connects freedom from desire to a state approaching the divine.

“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

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

— Diogenes