Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy
Stobaeus, iv. 32a. 11
Quoted by Stobaeus
Stobaeus, iv. 32a. 19
Quoted by Stobaeus
Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy
Stobaeus, iv. 32a. 11
Quoted by Stobaeus
“The things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”
Stobaeus Ancient Greek anthologist
iv. 32a. 11
Quotes by and about Diogenes
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
Chère amie, ne savez-vous pas que la vertu est un état de guerre, et que, pour y vivre, on a toujours quelque combat à rendre contre soi? <br class="br"> Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Julie_ou_la_Nouvelle_H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse/Sixi%C3%A8me_partie#Lettre_VII._R.C3.A9ponse (French), Sixième partie, Lettre VII Réponse (1761) <br class="br"> Julie, or The New Heloise http://books.google.com/books?id=oN6_B_AFhcwC (English), Part Six, Letter VII Response, pg 560
Sherman Alexie book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living (1989) ISBN 094066609X
Unsourced variant: In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Richard Dawkins book The God Delusion
Source: The God Delusion (2006), p. 152 of the Black Swan paperback edition of 2007
“To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
The word translated "strange teachings" means literally another end [of textile]. There are two different understandings about "strange teachings" or heretical. One possible understanding is "strange from the authentic teaching", another understanding is simply different subjects, just as two authors or two scholastic fields literature and politics.
Source: The Analects, Chapter II
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) American abolitionist, social activist, and poet
22 August 1875.
The Walk With God (1919)
Karl Barth book Church Dogmatics
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Church Dogmatics (1932–1968)
Context: The saving of anyone is something which is not in the power of man, but only of God. No one can be saved — in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved — in virtue of what God can do. The divine claim takes the form that it puts both the obedient and the disobedient together and compels them to realise this, to recognise their common status in face of the commanding God.