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
Heraclitus quotes about
work toiling weariness
It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them.
wise agree all-things
It is wise to agree that all things are one.
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.
children children-playing lordship
Time is a child playing with droughts. The lordship is to the child.
business ambition ambitious
Big results require big ambitions.
dream men world
When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
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.
religion noble disease
Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.
love-wisdom
Those who love wisdom must investigate many things
understanding doe teach
Learning many things does not teach understanding
motivational character thinking
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
beautiful differences together
The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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.