Heraclitus Quotes
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.
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No one can step twice into the same river, nor touch mortal substance twice in the same condition. By the speed of its change, it scatters and gathers again.
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Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.
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Bigotry is the sacred disease, and self-conceit tells lies.
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All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string.
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The only constant is change. Unless you get a small group of neighbors together to stop it.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.
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What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
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All is flux, nothing is stationary.
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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
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Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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Could you tell night from day? No, I regard all such distinctions as logically impossible.
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To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things right and others wrong. It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish.
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The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus.
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Time is a child playing with droughts. The lordship is to the child.
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Big results require big ambitions.
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Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
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If you went in search of it, you would not find the boundaries of the soul, though you traveled every road-so deep is its measure [logos].