Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!

Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.

No artist will tolerate the world for one second as it is.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

If an architect wants to strengthen a decrepit arch, he increases the load laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together.

[Heraclitus' language] dispenses with lightness and artificial decoration, foremost out of disgust for humanity and out of [his own] defiant feeling.