"Good men nowhere, but good boys at..." - Quote by Diogenes

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

“The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.”

“Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.”

“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.”

“Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.”

“The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.”

“I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.”

“Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.”

“We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions”