336 Quotes by Heraclitus

A blow to the head will confuse a man’s thinking, a blow to the foot has no such effect, this cannot be the result of an immaterial soul.

The unseen harmony is better than the visible.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: “Present, they are absent.”

Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within.

What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.

All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river.

One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary.