"Poverty is a virtue which one can..." - Quote by Diogenes

“He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."”

“Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.”

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

“My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.”

“Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.”

“We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They were all on a diet.”

“The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.”

“Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .”

“Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.”