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
teacher atheism crowds
What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher.
bores-you boredom controlled
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
nature accustomed
Nature is accustomed to hide itself.
nature nature-love
Nature loves to hide.
discovery unexpected hard
Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.
wall fighting law
The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.
summer war winter
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
eye ears witness
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
wisdom men intelligence
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
people encounters spirituality
Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they suppose they do.
doe encounters prosperity
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
good-life constant
The only thing constant is change
adversity destiny winning
Greater dooms win greater destinies.
goal people stuff
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.