Heraclitus Quotes

And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statement about that which is in all ways and entirely changeable. For it was from this supposition that there blossomed forth the most extreme view of those which we have mentioned, that of the professed followers of Heraclitus, and such as Cratylus held, who ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger; and who criticized Heraclitus for saying that one cannot enter the same river twice, for he himself held that it cannot be done even once.

Aristotle

If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods.

You can't go home again. Your childhood is lost. The friends of your youth are gone. Your present is slipping away from you. Nothing is ever the same.

Heraclitus of Ephesus

You cannot step into the same river twice

Heraclitus of Ephesus

The waking have one world in common

sleepers have each a private world of his own.

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

Time is a game played beautifully by children.