Heraclitus Quotes

No man ever steps in the same river twice.

All things come into being through opposition, and all are in flux like a river.

Change is the only constant in life.

You could not step twice into the same river, for other waters are flowing.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The only constant in life is change.

War is the father and king of all things.

Everything flows and nothing stays.

Character is destiny.

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

The road up and the road down are the same.

Heat or cold, rainy or sunny, new moon or full moon – it is all the same to me.

Nature loves to hide.

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.

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.

You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet others go flowing ever on.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

It is sickness that makes health pleasant; evil, good; hunger, plenty; and weariness, rest.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

A hidden connection is stronger than an apparent one.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.

Heraclitus Quotes part 2

There is nothing permanent except change.

The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.

Those who are awake have a single world, while each sleeper turns away to a world of his own.

Time is a child playing, throwing stones, and diverting itself.

Nature does not love to witness empty lives.

All entities move and nothing remains still.

Opposites are necessary for life, but they don’t negate each other.

All things exist by being opposed to each other.

The sun is new each day.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.

The eyes and the ears are bad witnesses for those who have barbarian souls.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

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

There is harmony in the bending back to the spear.

Much discovery I’ve made traveling, learning, and seeing other people.

I see you find persuasiveness hard. But our language lacks a lie when it comes to matters of perception: nothing is one-sided.

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

All things are an exchange for fire and fire for all things, as goods for gold and gold for goods.

Poetry should be called the gift of Dionysus.

Happiness and wisdom are within, and one only needs to turn inward to find them.

Opposites are two faces of the same coin, and one cannot exist without the other.

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

You cannot step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are flowing in upon you.

Change is the law of life.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

To love wisdom is to love discipline.

War is both the father and the king of all.