10 Quotes by Heraclitus about life

Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire. Due to the oracular and paradoxical nature of his philosophy, and his fondness for word play, he was called "The Obscure" even in antiquity.

 Heraclitus's Quotes

"There is nothing permanent except change."

"Nothing endures but change."

"You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you."

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."

"The road up and the road down is one and the same.

A man's character is his fate."

"The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears."

"Much learning does not teach understanding.

All is flux, nothing stays still."

"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."