Heraclitus Quotes

# The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

ἀνθρώποις γίνεσθαι ὁκόσα θέλουσιν οὐκ ἄμεινον

The limits of the soul you could not discover, though traversing every path.

Gods live past our meager death.
We die past their ceaseless living.

باليقظة - نملك عالمًا واحدًا ,بالحُلُمِ - كُلٌ يملك عالمه .

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

Si no hubiera un constante juego entre los contrastes, el mundo dejaría de existir

How, from a fire that never sinks or sets, would you escape?

For souls it is death to become water, and for water death to become earth. Water comes into existence out of earth, and soul out of water.

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

The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.

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

Not comprehending, they hear like the deaf. The saying is their witness: absent while present.

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

Change is the only constant.