Ifs Quotes by Heraclitus

9 Ifs quotes by Heraclitus

Heraclitus famously warned that change is constant. Here, nine brief fragments turn the ‘if’ into a paradox, prompting readers to consider the fluid nature of reality in a sharply distilled form.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

Heraclitus

Image

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.

Heraclitus

Image

If it were not for injustice, men would not know justice.

Heraclitus

Image

To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first-rate.

Heraclitus

Image

If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.

Heraclitus

Image

There is a stability in the Universe because of the orderly and balanced process of change, the same measure coming out as…

Heraclitus

Image

If you went in search of it, you would not find the boundaries of the soul, though you traveled every road-so deep…

Heraclitus

Image

If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and…

Heraclitus

Image

I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the…

Heraclitus

Image

Other authors on Ifs

More by Heraclitus

Learning many things does not teach understanding

Heraclitus

Image

Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.

Heraclitus

Image

The fairest harmony springs from discord.

Heraclitus

Image

“One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary”

Heraclitus

Image

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

Heraclitus

Image

Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.

Heraclitus

Image

Everything is in flux.

Heraclitus

Image

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

Heraclitus

Image

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

Heraclitus

Image

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

Heraclitus

Image

War is the father of all things.

Heraclitus

Image

The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.

Heraclitus

Image

The seeing have the world in common.

Heraclitus

Image

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

Heraclitus

Image

Those who love wisdom must investigate many things

Heraclitus

Image