From Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
Tag Archives: philosophy
Quote of the day 11/03/24
From Plutarch: “The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.”
Quote of the day 11/02/24
From Plutarch’ “For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.”
Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/29/24
From Plutarch: “Character is simply habit long continued.”
Quote of the day 10/28/24
From Plutarch: “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
Quote of the day 10/27/24
From Plutarch: “To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
Quote of the day 10/26/24
From Plutarch: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Quote of the day 10/25/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “At last concluded that no creature was more miserable than man, for that all other creatures are content with those bounds that nature set them, only man endeavors to exceed them.”
Quote of the day 10/24/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will enjoy some of the ineffable share in the supreme good which draws everything into itself.”