Heraclitus Quotes
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God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
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What we have caught and what we have killed we have left behind, but what has escaped us we bring with us.
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All things are in a state of flux.
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There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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Heraclitus somewhere says that all things are in process and nothing stays still, and likening existing things to the stream of a river he says that you would not step twice into the same river.
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To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first-rate.
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This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.
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The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.
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Nature is wont to hide herself.
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To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.
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Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.
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It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.
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It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
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The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished.
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Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored.
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Knowledge is not intelligence.
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Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.
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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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Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways.