Heraclitus Quotes

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.

There is nothing permanent except change.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

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 light of day. 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. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Big results require big ambitions.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Day by day, what you do is who you become.

Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.

Nothing is, everything is becoming.

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

To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting

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

All things flow, nothing abides. You cannot step into the same river twice, for the waters are continually flowing on. Nothing is permanent except change.

All things come into being by conflict of opposites.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Learning many things does not teach understanding

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 ready for the unexpected. Change alone is unchanging. The same road goes both up and down. The beginning of a circle is also its end. Not I, but the world says it: all is one. And yet everything comes in season.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

A man's character is his fate.