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81 " Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony. "
― Heraclitus
82 " Dog bark at what they don't understand. "
83 " Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls. "
― Heraclitus , Fragments
84 " Everything flows, nothing stands still. "
85 " Πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.(Everything changes, and no thing abides.) "
86 " Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions. "
87 " The poet was a foolwho wanted no conflictamong us, godsor people.Harmony needs low and high,as progeny needsman and woman. "
88 " Tis not too late to seek a newer world "
89 " History is a child building a sandcastle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world. "
90 " Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife. "
91 " No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river, and it's not the same man. "
92 " there is nothing permanent except change-- "
93 " A man's character is his fate. "
94 " It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul. "
95 " τήν τε οἴησιν ἱερὰν νόσον ἔλεγε καὶ τὴν ὅρασιν ψεύδεσθαι(Thinking is a sacred disease, and sight is deceptive.) "
96 " The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall. "
97 " It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep. "
98 " It is necessary to take what is common as our guide; however, though this logic is universal, the many live as if each individual has his own private wisdom. "
99 " To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right. "
100 " Character is destiny. "