Each word of Heraclitus expresses the pride and the majesty of truth, but of truth grasped in intuitions rather than attained by the rope ladder of logic.

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.

In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily, in the form of intoxication.

Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.