Heraclitus Quotes

Wisdom from the weeping philosopher.

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Heraclitus Quotes

Remember that line from Pocahontas, "What I love most about rivers is: you can't step in the same river twice"? Sounds like those Disney lyricists were reading up on Heraclitus. Click on any Heraclitus quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale.

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

Source: Refutations by Hippolytus | Author: Heraclitus

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"You can never step into the same river twice."

Source: Cratylus by Plato | Author: Heraclitus

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