More from Heraclitus
Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
HeraclitusHeraclitus To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
HeraclitusHeraclitus No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
HeraclitusHeraclitus And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
HeraclitusHeraclitus And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Bigotry is the sacred disease.
HeraclitusHeraclitus If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
HeraclitusHeraclitus 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.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
HeraclitusHeraclitus When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
HeraclitusHeraclitus It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
HeraclitusHeraclitus
Original quotes
From our community writers
Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
Meet the writers
More on black
If you wear black socks with white shoes then we can’t be friends.
Jake PaulJake Paul I am going to stop calling you a white man and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.
Morgan FreemanMorgan Freeman We need to listen to Black women.
Brene BrownBrene Brown Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.
Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
Assata ShakurAssata Shakur He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, ‘love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
Peter ToshPeter Tosh We knew that in the end what they were clashing over was us, what to do with the blacks, and whether or not to start treating us as human beings.
Eldridge CleaverEldridge Cleaver
Keep exploring
More Philosopher