To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
HERACLITUSCouples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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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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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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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.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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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.
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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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Nothing endures but change.
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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.
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Character is destiny.
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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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And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
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Knowledge is not intelligence.
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