Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Quote by Heraclitus

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Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

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

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

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

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

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

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most...

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most...

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.