Heraclitus Quotes - Page 4

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.

Not I but the world says it: All is one.

There is harmony in the tension of opposites, as in the case of the bow and lyre.

Everything flows, nothing stays still.

You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.

Those who love wisdom must investigate many things

War is the mother of everything.

The content of your #‎ character is your #‎ choice.

What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.

The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.

There is nothing permanent in the world except change.

Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and when once they have heard it. For although all things happen according to this Logos, they [men] are like people of no experience, even when they experience such words and deeds as I explain, when I distinguish each thing according to its constitution and declare how it is; but the rest of men fail to notice what they do after they wake up just as they forget what they do when asleep.

Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.

War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

Bigotry is the sacred disease, and self-conceit tells lies.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]

The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished.

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

To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things right and others wrong. It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish.

For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

There is a stability in the Universe because of the orderly and balanced process of change, the same measure coming out as going in, as if reality were a huge fire that inhaled and exhaled equal amounts.