Heraclitus

man river twice

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

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

constant change

“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

soul sleep work

“Even a soul submerged in sleep

is hard at work and helps

make something of the world.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

endure change

“Nothing endures but change.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

learning teach understand

“Much learning does not teach understanding.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

seriousness child play

“We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

abundance knowledge teach wise

“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

character destiny

“Character is destiny”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

unlike difference join beautiful harmony

“The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

character choice think do become

“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

thinking sacred sight deceptive

“Thinking is a sacred disease and sight is deceptive.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

being conflict opposites

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

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

expect unexpected hard sought difficult

“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

panta rei everything changes abide

“Πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.

(Everything changes, and no thing abides.)”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

dog bark understand

“Dog bark at what they don't understand.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

identity man child play seriousness

“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

living dead old young day night summer winter war peace

“The living and the dead,

The awake and the sleeping,

The young and the old are all one and the same.

When the ones change, they become the others.

When those shift again, they become these again.

God is day and night.

God is winter and summer.

God is war and peace.

God is fertility and famine.

He transforms into many things.

Day and night are one.

Goodness and badness are one.

The beginning and the end of a circle are one.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

stupidity doomed cringe syllable wisdom

“Stupidity is doomed,

therefore, to cringe

at every syllable

of wisdom.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

everything flows nothing stands still

“Everything flows, nothing stands still."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

late seek new world

“Tis not too late to seek a newer world”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

applicant wisdom inquire withinh

“Applicants for wisdom

do what I have done:

inquire within”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

nature love hide

“Nature loves to hide.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

any day equal

“Any day stands equal to the rest.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

war common justice strife

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

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

meaning river stay same change

“The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice but that some things stay the same only by changing.”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

path writing crooked straight

"The path of writing is crooked and straight”

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

permanent except change

"There is nothing permanent except change"

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

expect unexpected recogniaze arrives

"If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

big results ambitions

"Big results require big ambitions."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

day do become

"Day by day, what you do is who you become."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

unbelievable truth escape known

"Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

connection hidden stronger obvious

"A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

harder fight pleasure emotion

"It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

religion noble disease

"Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)

opposition concord discord harmony

"Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony."

— Heraclitus (535-475BC)