Heraclitus Quotes
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
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And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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A dry soul is wisest and best.
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What was scattered, gathers. What was gathered, blows away.
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The fairest harmony springs from discord.
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All things flow, nothing abides.
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The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
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Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'
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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. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.
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No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.
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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own.
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Everything flows and nothing abides. Everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.
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Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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All is flux; nothing stays still.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.