Quotes by Heraclitus

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

"Big results require big ambitions."

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

"You cannot step into the same 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."

"Nature is wont to hide herself."

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

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

"Nothing endures but change."

"There is nothing permanent except change."

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

"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."

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

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

"All is flux, nothing stays still."

"The sun is new each day."

"A man's character is his fate."

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

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

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

"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."

"Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses."

"Character is destiny."

"Change alone is unchanging."

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

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

"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."

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