Heraclitus Quotes - Page 2

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."

It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.

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

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.

We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations.

What was scattered, gathers. What was gathered, blows away

Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.

Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

It is in changing that things find purpose.

The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.

The only constant in life is change

Knowledge is not intelligence.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist dries, the parched becomes moist... It is in changing that things find repose.

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 like cattle.

When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.

You won't discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.

The fairest harmony springs from discord.

The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.