Heraclitus Quotes
Greek Philosopher, 544 BC - 483 BC.
“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”
“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”
“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.”
“The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”
“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.”
“The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.”
“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
“All things come into being by conflict of opposites.”
“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.”
“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.”
“Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.”
“Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.”
“Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.”
“It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.”
“To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.”
“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.”
“Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.”
“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.”
“Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.”
