Quote

There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own.

Heraclitus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Heraclitus
Philosopher
Writer
Efes
Heraclitus of Ephesus
Common
Away
Men
World
Asleep
Awake
Turns

More quotes by Heraclitus

Image
Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
Heraclitus
Image
It is better to conceal ignorance than to expose it.
Heraclitus
Image
A man's character is his fate.
Heraclitus
Image
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
Heraclitus
Image
Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'
Heraclitus
Image
Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
Heraclitus
Image
Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
Heraclitus
Image
For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and asleep, young and old. The former when shifted are the latter, and again the latter when shifted are the former.
Heraclitus
Image
Thinking is a sacred disease and sight is deceptive.
Heraclitus
Image
Those who love wisdom must investigate many things
Heraclitus
Image
Character is fate. (Destiny).
Heraclitus
Image
Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
Heraclitus
Image
There is nothing peranent except change.
Heraclitus
Image
I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets
Heraclitus
Image
Nothing is constant except change
Heraclitus
Image
Nature loves to hide.
Heraclitus
Image
The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
Heraclitus
Image
And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
Heraclitus
Image
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
Heraclitus
Image
What we have caught and what we have killed we have left behind, but what has escaped us we bring with us.
Heraclitus