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
time children games
Time is a game played beautifully by children.
change constant
The only constant is change.
circles wish liberty
Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected. Change alone is unchanging. The same road goes both up and down. The beginning of a circle is also its end. Not I, but the world says it: all is one. And yet everything comes in season.
speak virtue speak-the-truth
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
sight hearing observation
Things of which there is sight, hearing, apprehension, these I prefer.
world awake
Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.
men spirituality divine
What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
understanding doe teach
Learning many things does not teach understanding
journey men fishing
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
men rivers he-man
No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.
sleep soul world
Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
dog bark
Dogs bark at what they don't understand.
wine ignorance relax
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
change unchanging
Change alone is unchanging.