Heraclitus Quotes

Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)

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Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ἡράκλειτος, Herakleitos; c. 535 BC – 475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe, and for establishing the term Logos (λόγος) in Western philosophy as meaning both the source and fundamental order of the Cosmos.

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Native Name: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος

Alternative Names: Heraclitus of Ephesus • Weeping Philosopher

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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.

Everything changes and nothing stands still.

The waking have one world
in common. Sleepers
meanwhile turn aside, each
into a darkness of his own.

All things come into being by conflict of opposites.

You can not step into the same river twice.

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is hidden and thickly tangled.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers. All is flux, nothing stays still.

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

You cannot step twice into the same river, for different and ever different waters flow down.

Los perros, de cierto, ladran a quien no conocen

You cannot step into the same river twice

The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.

(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)

The many are mean; only the few are noble.