But his true parents — the gods — and his real country, he would never abandon. He wouldn't let anyone outdo him in obeying them and following their commands. No one would die for his country more willingly than he would. He never stopped to ask when people would consider him to have done something for the good of the universe. He remembered that everything that happens comes from the gods and serves that higher country, commanded by the one who rules it all. So look at what Diogenes himself says and writes:
His true parents indeed, the gods, and his real country he would never have deserted, nor would he have yielded to any man in obedience to them and to their orders, nor would any man have died for his country more readily. For he was not used to inquire when he should be considered to have done anything on behalf of the whole of things (the universe, or all the world), but he remembered that everything which is done comes from thence and is done on behalf of that country and is commanded by him who administers it. Therefore see what Diogenes himself says and writes: