Way Quotes by Heraclitus

8 Way quotes by Heraclitus

Heraclitus’s ancient paradoxes appear in eight short reflections on the Way. These timeless snippets capture his belief in constant change, offering a compact philosophical bite.

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Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

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Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak…

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Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and…

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Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist…

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

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The way up and the way down are one and the same.

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

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The fairest harmony springs from discord.

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Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

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

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Everything is in flux.

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

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

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

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War is the father of all things.

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

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The seeing have the world in common.

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

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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things

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