"Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e.,..." - Quote by Heraclitus

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

“The only thing that is constant is change.”

“Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they suppose they do.”

“To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. It is not the part of men, but of fanatics, or of mathematicians, if you will, to say, that, the shortness of life considered, it is not worth caring whether for so short a duration we were sprawling in want, or sitting high. Since our office is with moments, let us husband them.”

“Wisest is he who knows he knows not.”

“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”

“Every discourse is an approximate answer: but it is of small consequence, that we do not get it into verbs and nouns, whilst it abides for contemplation forever.”

“My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known.”

“Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.”