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21 " 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
22 " The kosmos works by harmony of tensions, like lyre and bow. Good and evil are one. On the one hand God sees all as well, fair, and good; on the other hand a human being sees injustice here, justice there. Justice in our minds is strife. We cannot help but see war makes us as we are. "
23 " Nature loves to hide. "
24 " You cannot step into the same river twice "
25 " You can't go home again. Your childhood is lost. The friends of your youth are gone. Your present is slipping away from you. Nothing is ever the same. "
― Heraclitus , Fragments
26 " Everything flows and nothing stays. "
27 " Any day stands equal to the rest. "
28 " Give me one manfrom among ten thousandif he is the best "
29 " Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is hidden and thickly tangled. "
30 " The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna) "
31 " Aion is a child at play, playing draughts; the kingship is a child's. "
32 " Stupidity is doomed,therefore, to cringeat every syllableof wisdom. "
33 " If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods. "
34 " 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. "
35 " The sun is new each day. "
36 " Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak like men asleep. "
37 " Applicants for wisdomdo what I have done:inquire within "
38 " Much learning does not teach understanding. "
39 " Change alone is unchanging. "
40 " Character is fate. "