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title: "8 Awake Quotes By Heraclitus"
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> [For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/for-when-is-death-not-within-our-selves-and-as-heracleitus-says/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/and-some-men-are-as-ignorant-of-what-they-do-when-awake-as-they-are/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [When is death not within ourselves?... Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and alseep, young and old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/when-is-death-not-within-ourselves-living-and-dead-are-the-same-and/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/there-is-but-one-world-common-for-those-who-are-awake-but-when-men/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/those-who-are-awake-all-live-in-the-same-world-those-who-are-asleep/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-awake-share-a-common-world-but-the-asleep-turn-aside-into-private/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/when-men-dream-each-has-his-own-world-when-they-are-awake-they-have-a/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/for-those-who-are-awake-the-cosmos-is-one/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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## Other authors on Awake

## More by Heraclitus

> [Learning many things does not teach understanding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/learning-many-things-does-not-teach-understanding/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/dogs-also-bark-at-what-they-do-not-know/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The fairest harmony springs from discord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-fairest-harmony-springs-from-discord/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [“One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/one-man-is-worth-thousand-if-he-is-extraordinary/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/presumption-must-be-quenched-even-more-than-a-fire/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/those-unmindful-when-they-hear-for-all-they-make-of-their/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Everything is in flux.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/everything-is-in-flux/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-cosmos-was-not-made-by-gods-but-always-was-and-is-eternal-fire/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [ Men who are lovers of wisdom \[i.e., philosophers\] must be inquirers into many things. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/men-who-are-lovers-of-wisdom-i-e-philosophers-must-be-inquirers-into/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/we-do-not-step-in-the-same-river-twice-for-the-waters-have-moved-on/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [War is the father of all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/war-is-the-father-of-all-things/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-fairest-order-in-the-world-is-a-heap-of-random-sweepings/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The seeing have the world in common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-seeing-have-the-world-in-common/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/all-men-have-the-capacity-of-knowing-themselves-and-acting-with/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Those who love wisdom must investigate many things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/those-who-love-wisdom-must-investigate-many-things/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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