The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself

Much learning does not teach understanding.

The road up and the road down is one and the same.

People that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed

A blow to the head will confuse a man’s thinking, a blow to the foot has no such effect, this cannot be the result of an immaterial soul

You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.

War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out, and difficult

To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things right and others wrong. It would not be better if things happened to people just as they...

Big results require big ambitions.

The way up and the way down are one and the same

Nothing is, everything is becoming.

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

The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same

The people should fight for the law as for their city wall

The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living

You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

A man’s character is his guardian divinity.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears

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

Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine

Character is destiny.

All is flux, nothing stays still

Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.

We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire

The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man; it forever was, is, and forever will be, an Ever living Fire

There is nothing permanent except change.

A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

The real constitution of things is accustomed to hide itself

To do the same thing over and over is not only boredom; it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Everything rests by changing.

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. The content of your character is your...

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

Man is not made for defeat

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, satiety and want

When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.

Man is on earth as in an egg