Quotes by Heraclitus

The following are quotes from Heraclitus:

A man's character is his fate.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

All if flux, nothing stays still.

If it were not for injustice, men would not know justice.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nothing endures but change.

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

The road up and the road down is one and the same.

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.

We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.

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

You could not step twice into the same river for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

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