Heraclitus Quotes

“War is the mother of everything.”

“Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.”

“This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.”

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

“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.”

“If it were not for injustice, men would not know justice.”

“It is better to conceal ignorance than to expose it.”

“All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river”

“Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.”

“All things are in a state of flux.”

“All things come into being by conflict of opposites.”

“The content of your #‎ character is your #‎ choice.”

“Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.”

“Eternity is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.”

“Change is the only constant.”

“The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.”

“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 if you believe that you see firm land anywhere in the ocean of Becoming and Passing. You need names for things, just as if they had a rigid permanence, but the very river in which you bathe a second time is no longer the same one which you entered before”

“Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.”

“Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.”

“Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.”

“Much learning does not teach understanding.”

“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”

“No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.”

“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.”

“The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.”