Heraclitus - Quotes

 79



Time is a game

played beautifully

by children.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 107



To be evenminded

is the greatest virtue.

Wisdom is to speak

the truth and act

in keeping with its nature.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 90



Even a soul submerged in sleep

is hard at work and helps

make something of the world.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 7



Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 19



Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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Heraclitus - Quotes

 100



People ought to fight

to keep their law

as to defend the city s walls.



(translated by Brooks Haxton) 

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