When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.
HE HeraclitusPhilosopher · c. 535–475 BCEWhat this quote means
Everything is always in motion, including you. Each moment is genuinely new, which is reason to hold both the world and yourself a little more lightly.
Context
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher remembered for the idea that the world is in constant flux — that all things flow.
This line is among the quotes by Heraclitus that readers return to on wisdom — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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