Top 200 Heraclitus Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Change is the only constant.”

— Heraclitus

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2. “Big results require big ambitions.”

— Heraclitus

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3. “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”

— Heraclitus

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4. “Day by day, what you do is who you become.”

— Heraclitus

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5. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”

— Heraclitus

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6. “The only thing permanent is change.”

— Heraclitus

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7. “Nothing is constant except change.”

— Heraclitus

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8. “The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”

— Heraclitus

9. “There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.”

— Heraclitus

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10. “You cannot step into the same river twice.”

— Heraclitus

11. “Nothing endures but change. There is nothing permanent except change. All is flux, nothing stays still.”

— Heraclitus

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12. “A man’s character is his fate.”

— Heraclitus

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13. “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

14. “Everything changes and nothing stands still.”

— Heraclitus

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15. “Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”

— Heraclitus

16. “All things flow, nothing abides. You cannot step into the same river twice, for the waters are continually flowing on. Nothing is permanent except change.”

— Heraclitus

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17. “Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.”

— Heraclitus

18. “Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.”

— Heraclitus

19. “The sun is new each day.”

— Heraclitus

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20. “A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.”

— Heraclitus

21. “If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.”

— Heraclitus

22. “Dogs bark at what they don’t understand.”

— Heraclitus

23. “Nothing is, everything is becoming.”

— Heraclitus

24. “There is harmony in the tension of opposites, as in the case of the bow and lyre.”

— Heraclitus

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25. “Everything is in flux.”

— Heraclitus

26. “Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.”

— Heraclitus

27. “Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.”

— Heraclitus

28. “Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.”

— Heraclitus

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29. “Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny.”

— Heraclitus

30. “All things come into being by conflict of opposites.”

— Heraclitus

31. “To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.”

— Heraclitus

32. “He who hears not me but the logos will say: All is one.”

— Heraclitus

33. “War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.”

— Heraclitus

34. “The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.”

— Heraclitus

35. “All things are in a state of flux.”

— Heraclitus

36. “It is in changing that things find purpose.”

— Heraclitus

37. “To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.”

— Heraclitus

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38. “Learning many things does not teach understanding.”

— Heraclitus

39. “Invisible harmony is better than visible.”

— Heraclitus

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

— Heraclitus

41. “What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher.”

— Heraclitus

42. “The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.”

— Heraclitus

43. “If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.”

— Heraclitus

44. “History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.”

— Heraclitus

45. “The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.”

— Heraclitus

46. “Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.”

— Heraclitus

47. “Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.”

— Heraclitus

48. “The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished...”

— Heraclitus

49. “No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.”

— Heraclitus

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

— Heraclitus