Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,-not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.
Diogenes LaertiusDiogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
Diogenes LaertiusAnarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death.
Diogenes Laertius