Quotes by Heraclitus

There is nothing permanent except change.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

The sun is new each day.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

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.

— Heraclitus

Success

Big results require big ambitions.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

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

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

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.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Nothing endures but change.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

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

— Heraclitus

Success

Much learning does not teach understanding.

— Heraclitus

Education

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

A man's character is his fate.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Character is destiny.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

Change alone is unchanging.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

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

— Heraclitus

Success

You cannot step into the same river twice.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

— Heraclitus

Love