We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
HERACLITUSNo man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
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Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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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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There is nothing permanent except change.
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If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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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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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny – it is the light that guides your way.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Nature loves to hide.
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The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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