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• When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Zeno, lii...
• Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• But Chrysippus, Posidonius, Zeno, and Boethus say, that all things are produced by fate.
  And fate is a connected cause of existing things, or the reason according to which the world is regulated....
• The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other names besides.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Zeno, lxviii...
• He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's self.
  And what was easy, "To advise another." -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Thales, ix...
• When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Antisthenes, iv...