9/3/2023 0 Comments Diogenes meets alexander![]() ![]() You will die halfway you will never be able to rest.”Īnd that’s how it happened. And who has ever been able to conquer the world? By the time you are a conqueror, life has gone by. When I have conquered the world…”ĭiogenes said, “Nobody has ever been able to rest then, rest is possible only now. Rest now!”Īlexander said, “Yes, I would like to rest, but not now. The bank is so big: throw off your clothes and have a good rest, and see the beauty of the sun and the morning. And this place is big enough, you can also be here. Departing, he said to Diogenes, “When I have conquered the world I would also like to live like you.”ĭiogenes said, “But why make this condition of first conquering the world? Look, I have not conquered the world, and yet I am so happy. It was a shock to Alexander the Great that Diogenes needed nothing, he was so fulfilled, so contented. But if you are really interested in giving me something, then please just move yourself from that side to the other side of me, because you are preventing the sun – and I will be thankful my whole life.” You are a great emperor, that is true, but all that you can give to me is not my need, is not my desire it will be an unnecessary burden to me. I would like to give you God because that is all that I have. I would like to give you a present.”ĭiogenes said, “What can you give to me? I don’t see that you have anything! You look so poor that in fact I would like to give you something. His face was so graceful, so beautiful his whole body was radiating joy.Īlexander said to Diogenes, “I am very happy to see you. For the first time, Alexander felt very poor. And Alexander the Great, who had everything with him, was standing by his side. It was early morning, must have been a morning like this – winter, cold – and Diogenes was lying naked on the bank of the river, taking a sunbath a naked fakir, he had nothing with him. He is just a few miles away and I would like to have a visit.” I have always wanted to see him, now we are so close. He stopped his armies and said, “For one day, have a rest. Alexander was interested in Diogenes – opposites are always interested in each other. ![]() ![]() When Alexander came to India, on the way, he met Diogenes. And then there are people who can be blissful even when they are imprisoned, and there are people who remain miserable even when they are living in marble palaces. ![]()
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