Heraclitus (6-5 century BC) was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. Little is known of Heraclitus’s life. He wrote a single work, only fragments of which have survived. [Українська] [Русский]
Heraclitus Quotes
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
—Heraclitus
Everything flows, nothing stands still.
—Heraclitus
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
—Heraclitus
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
—Heraclitus
The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice but that some things stay the same only by changing.
—Heraclitus
War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
—Heraclitus
Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
—Heraclitus
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.
—Heraclitus
Time is a game played beautifully by children.
—Heraclitus
Character is destiny.
—Heraclitus