Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

About Heraclitus

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Heraclitus (; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος, romanized: Hērákleitos; fl. c. 500 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. He exerts a wide influence on Western philosophy, both ancient and modern, through the works of such authors as Plato, Aristotle,...

More quotations from Heraclitus

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Nothing endures but change.

More quotations tagged with “nature”

Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

—Daniel Webster

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

—Antoinette Brown Blackwell

History

11 Jul 2015 Added