Philippe Fanaro

“When he saw the child of some prostitute throw stones at a crowd, Diogenes shouted to him, "Take care that you don't hit your father!”
― Luis E. Navia, Diogenes The Cynic: The War Against The World

“Diogenes, the Greek philosopher who founded the Cynical school, lived in a barrel. When Alexander the Great once visited Diogenes as he was relaxing in the sun, and asked if there were anything he might do for him, the Cynic answered the all-powerful conqueror, ‘Yes, there is something you can do for me. Please move a little to the side. You are blocking the sunlight.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
― Albert Einstein, Selected Writings

“Aux yeux de ces amateurs d’inquiétude et de perfection, un ouvrage n’est jamais achevé, – mot qui pour eux n’a aucun sens, – mais abandonné.”
― Paul Valéry