The Art and Thought of Heraclitus Quotes

“Graspings: wholes and not wholes, convergent divergent, consonant
dissonant, from all things one and from one thing all.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“There is nothing permanent except change.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“Not comprehending, they hear like the deaf. The saying is their witness: absent while present.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“One cannot step twice in the same river, nor can one grasp any mortal substance in a stable condition, but it scatters and again gathers; it forms and dissolves,and approaches and departs.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“The beginning and the end are shared in the circumference of a circle”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“What wit or understanding do they have? They believe the poets of the people and take the mob as their teacher, not knowing that 'the many are worthless', good men are few.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus

“Let us not concur casually about the most important matters.”
― Heraclitus, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus