Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is need to develop good character.
Heraclitus of Ephesus, 535 B.C. - 475 B.C.
You could not step twice into the same river.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
He who does not expect will not find the unexpected.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
I especially love the “…can’t step twice in the same river” quote, Julia. It’s used so often in different forms in literature. Remember the lesson from Hesse’s SIDDARTHA?
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Great quotes. I, too, like the one about not stepping twice in the same river.
Yes, Steph, I do too. If you read his work, you realize how much he influenced the Gospel of John. (Ephesus and all that.)
My father used to always tell us, my brothers and me, the same thing about character. Must practice character like a muscle or else it gets flabby.
Love the old philosophers. Nothing new under the sun. Philosophy was one of my fave subjects in college. Should take another class some time.
Me too, Roberta. I should take another class.