Life Quotes by Heraclitus

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

— Heraclitus

“Gods live past our meager death. We die past their ceaseless living.”

— Heraclitus

This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been,…

— Heraclitus

“ἀθάνατοι θνητοί, θνητοὶ ἀθάντατοι, ζῶντες τὸν ἐκείνων θάνατον, τὸν δὲ ἐκείνων βίον τεθνεῶτες (Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others' death and dying the others' life.)”

— Heraclitus

“The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.”

— Heraclitus

Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.

— Heraclitus

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls.

— Heraclitus

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

— Heraclitus

The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.

— Heraclitus

This world... ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living Fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out.

— Heraclitus

When is death not within ourselves?... Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and alseep, young and old.

— Heraclitus

“Βίος ανεόρταστος μακρά οδός απανδόκευτος (Uncelebrated life is like a long innless road)”

— Heraclitus

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

— Heraclitus

The only constant in life is change

— Heraclitus

Life is a child moving counters in a game.

— Heraclitus

The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be…

— Heraclitus

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.

— Heraclitus

It ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out.

— Heraclitus