The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony needs low and high, as progeny needs man and woman.
HERACLITUSIf you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Silence, healing.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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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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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
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