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
war father peacemaking
War is the father of all things.
kings war father
War is the father and king of all,
kings father war
War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.
summer war winter
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
war justice common
One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.
war justice passing-away
Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
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...
mother military war
War is the mother of everything.
goes greek-philosopher workers
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
beautiful all-things
To God all things are beautiful and good and just.
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.