Heraclitus Quotes

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• Greater dooms win greater destinies.
• The only thing constant is change
• No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
• No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
• Even sleepers are workers and collaborators on what goes on in the universe.
• Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
• What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
• Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they…
• Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
• War is the mother of everything.
• Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.
• The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
• The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the…
• Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.
• Things of which there is sight, hearing, apprehension, these I prefer.
• A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
• Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
• God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
• Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be…
• The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.

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