No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
HERACLITUSTo 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.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
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There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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All is flux, nothing stays still.
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It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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