Quotes from Heraclitus

Man is on earth as in an egg.

To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.

War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.

May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways

The gods are immortal men, and men are mortal gods.

Man, like a light in the night, is kindled and put out.

And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.

War is the mother of everything.

Day by day, what you do is who you become.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Nature loves to hide.

You cannot step twice into the same river for other waters are continually flowing on.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by aid of the god.

To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things right and others wrong. It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish.

To God all things are beautiful and good and just.

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