"That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons."

Diogenes Laërtius Philosophy See all quotes by Diogenes Laërtius →

React to this quote

More by Diogenes Laërtius

See all

“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”

“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man.”

“Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.”

“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”

“Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.”

“Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.”

Resonant Thoughts

"But in adversity, intelligence alone cannot sustain hope. Ultimately, hope can be sustained only by finding purpose in adversity, by imposing a pattern on the fortuitous disasters of existence. Human …"

— Edmund Cooper

Literature1821–1911

#philosophy

"Since we only consider the universe on a very large scale, and make abstraction of all details and local irregularities, our universe must be homogeneous and isotropic. It follows... that the three-di…"

— Willem de Sitter

Science1872–1934

#philosophy

"The large unphilosophical, 'poetic' or 'religious' questions are elicited from their precise and technical microcosms."

— John Hollander

Literature1929–2013

#philosophy

"he argument of unequal capacity does not tell so uniformly against the more numerous classes of the community as might be supposed. Whether from moral causes, or for whatever other reason, the popular…"

— William Ewart Gladstone

Politics1809–1898

#philosophy