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
integrity acting
Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
wisdom philosophical men
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.
flux
Everything is in flux.
hope winning unattainable
If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
unexpected ifs
If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.
knowing insight teach
Knowing many things doesn't teach insight.
order statistics world
The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.
listening deaf absent
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."
wise listening all-things
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
wall fighting law
The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.
path up-and-down
The path up and down is one and the same.
wisdom heard knows
Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.
believe divine lost
Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
stupidity secret
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.