All Heraclitus Quotes
- Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.' Decay
- Under the comb, the tangle and the straight path are the same. Comb
- The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this. Feet
- There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging. Alone
- Nothing is constant except change Change
- I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things… Anywhere
- For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One. Awake
- He who hears not me but the logos will say: All is one. All
- The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living. Desire
- The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself. Concealing
- A blow to the head will confuse a man's thinking, a blow to the foot has no such effect, this cannot be the result of… Blow
- Eternity is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child. Belongs
- Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own. Common
- Everything changes and nothing stands still. Changes
- All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river All
- War is the father of all things. All
- The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by… Aid
- Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung. Burial
- Character is our destiny. Character
- It is by disease that health is pleasant; by evil that good is pleasant; by hunger, satiety; by weariness, rest. Contrast
- Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services. Burn
- To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first-rate. First Rate
- It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them. Becomes
- Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things. All
- The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves… All