The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image