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Quotes by Heraclitus of Ephesus

Heraclitus of Ephesus

“Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.”

“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.”

“There is nothing permanent except change.”

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

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

“Nothing endures but change.”

“Much learning does not teach understanding.”

“You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.”

“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”

“All is flux, nothing stays still”

“Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears”

“Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services”

“Character is destiny.”

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for its not the same river and hes not the same man.”

“The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man; it forever was, is, and forever will be, an Ever living Fire”

“To do the same thing over and over is not only boredom; it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do”

“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out, and difficult”

“Nothing is, everything is becoming.”

“Character is the sum and total of a persons choices.”

“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.”