Heraclitus – 11 Quotes

11 Quotes by Heraclitus

Change alone is unchanging.

– Heraclitus

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

– Heraclitus

Nothing endures but change.

– Heraclitus

There is nothing permanent except change.

– 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

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

– Heraclitus

Much learning does not teach understanding.

– Heraclitus

The sun is new each day.

– Heraclitus

Nature is wont to hide herself.

– Heraclitus

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

– Heraclitus

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

– Heraclitus