Quotes by Heraclitus

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”

“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”

“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”

“To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.”

“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.”

“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”

“People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.”

“All are one”

“People do not know how what is at variance agrees with itself. It is an attunement of opposite tensions, like that of the bow and the lyre.”

“All is flux”

“War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.”

“One must realize that war is common, and justice strife, and that all things come to be through strife and are (so) ordained.”

“One thunderbolt strikesroot through everything”

“Other men are unaware of what they do when they are awake just as they are forgetful of what they do when they are asleep.”

“Character is destiny”

“The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”

“Because it is so unbelievable, the truth often escapes being known.”

“Many who have learnedfrom Hesiod the countless namesof gods and monstersnever understandthat night and day are one”

“Nothing endures but change.”

“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.”