Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

— Heraclitus

Everything flows and nothing stays.

— Heraclitus

Everything flows nothing stays still.

— Heraclitus

Give me one man from among ten thousand if he is the best

— Heraclitus

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

— Heraclitus

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

— Heraclitus

If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods.

— Heraclitus

If you do not expect it you will not find the unexpected for it is hard to find and difficult.

— Heraclitus

Ion is a child at play, playing drafts; the kingship is a child's.

— Heraclitus

It is in changing that things find purpose.

— Heraclitus