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
beautiful all-things
To God all things are beautiful and good and just.
beautiful hands people
To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things right and others wrong. It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish.
beautiful god thinking
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
beautiful differences together
The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
beautiful wisdom respect
The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
goes greek-philosopher workers
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
men knowing acting
All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
night impossible distinction
Could you tell night from day? No, I regard all such distinctions as logically impossible.
death fit burial
Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
character destiny our-destiny
Character is our destiny.
evil disease hunger
It is by disease that health is pleasant; by evil that good is pleasant; by hunger, satiety; by weariness, rest.
constant
Nothing is constant except change
work toiling weariness
It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them.
life-is constant
The only constant in life is change