#robert dobbin

[irwonder]

Poverty does not consist in the want of money, nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary.

Diogenes, in The Cynic Philosophers from Diogenes to Julian

[serenemillancholy]

Knowing how people are taught good behavior is a finer thing than knowing how to keep them from breaking the law.

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian by Robert Dobbin

[serenemillancholy]

Idleness does not make work easy, it ensures that work will be hard.

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian by Robert Dobbin

[serenemillancholy]

I think of Demetrius and his comparison of an easy life untouched by fortune's ups and downs to the dead sea. If you have nothing to rouse or stir you to action, nothing to test your character by way of challenges or attacks – that, he says, is not peace, it is a coma.

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian by Robert Dobbin

[serenemillancholy]

Wealth and poverty relate not so much to a man's possessions as to his soul.

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian by Robert Dobbin

[serenemillancholy]

Where are you going, poor souls, and what are you doing? You drift about as if you were blind. You forsake the right road for a cul-de-sac. You look for peace and happiness in the wrong places; and are suspicious of anyone who tries to point you in the right direction.

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian by Robert Dobbin