A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων.

Heraclitus

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Interconnectedness of all things

Speaker

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

475 BC 470s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Turkey Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. c. 475 BC, DK B54.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. Translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin, 2003, DK B54.

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken to everything in the universe.

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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

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And God saw that it was good.

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You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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