Heraclitus

“The track of writing is straight and crooked.”

— Heraclitus

Much learning does not teach sense.

— Heraclitus

Big results require big ambitions.

— Heraclitus

“One thunderbolt strikes root through everything”

— Heraclitus

The fairest harmony springs from discord.

— Heraclitus

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

— Heraclitus

“One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary”

— Heraclitus

Life is a child moving counters in a game.

— Heraclitus

From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars.

— Heraclitus

It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.

— Heraclitus

Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.

— Heraclitus

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

— Heraclitus

The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.

— Heraclitus

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

— Heraclitus

Nothing endures but change. There is nothing permanent except change. All is flux, nothing stays still.

— Heraclitus

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

— Heraclitus

Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same... You cannot step twice into the same river, for other…

— Heraclitus

“Other men are unaware of what they do when they are awake just as they are forgetful of what they do when…

— Heraclitus

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

— Heraclitus

History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the…

— Heraclitus

“Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and…

— Heraclitus

The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any…

— Heraclitus

“It is necessary to understand that war is common, strife is customary, and all things happen because of strife and necessity.”

— Heraclitus

“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.”

— Heraclitus

Everything flows, nothing stays still.

— Heraclitus

“Πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει. (Everything changes, and no thing abides.)”

— Heraclitus

The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.

— Heraclitus

Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.

— Heraclitus

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

— Heraclitus

The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.

— Heraclitus

May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways

— Heraclitus

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

— Heraclitus

Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.

— Heraclitus

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

— Heraclitus

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

— Heraclitus

We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed.

— Heraclitus

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

— Heraclitus

The content of your # character is your # choice ...

— Heraclitus

Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.

— Heraclitus

“Yearning hurts, and what release may come of it feels much like death.”

— Heraclitus