Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesuswas a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
soul limits
You won't discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
knowing reputation opinion
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
men fire becoming
The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished....
political sacred disease
Bigotry is the sacred disease.
world
Not I but the world says it: All is one.
fire cosmos made
The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
beautiful god thinking
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
men atheism process
The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
kings children moving
Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.
fire openness presumption
Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.
constant
The only thing that is constant is change.
gratitude cures endure
There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]
war fire house
We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations...
men glory mass
The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves like cattle.