Heraclitus Quotes

“What we have caught and what we have killed we have left behind, but what has escaped us we bring with us.”

“Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.”

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

“All entities move and nothing remains still.”

“Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire”

“It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.”

“The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.”

“Those who love wisdom must investigate many things”

“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 river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.”

“The results are in great need greater ambition.”

“You can never step in the same river twice.”

“No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.”

“And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.”

“Knowledge is not intelligence.”

“Nothing is, everything is becoming.”

“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.”

“How can you hide from what never goes away?”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.”

“Everything changes and nothing stands still.”

“We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire.”

“Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.”