Heraclitus on investigation
Heraclitus102 quotes“Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.”
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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.
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 All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
HeraclitusHeraclitus 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.
HeraclitusHeraclitus It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
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ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow The wise do not investigate such silliness.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.
Charles BabbageCharles Babbage All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality.
Thomas PynchonThomas Pynchon I don’t believe in conspiracy theories. I’m just a cold-blooded investigator.
Kevin GatesKevin Gates I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!
Kim KardashianKim Kardashian A jealous woman is a best investigator than CBI.
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