Heraclitus Quotes

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

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.

Character is destiny.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

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

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.

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

The sun is new each day.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

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.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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 best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.