Heraclitus quotes -- updated 11-01-05

I haven't been able to track down an authorative source for the "Character is destiny" quote, but here are some wonderful Heraclitus quotes that I did find, including a few about character:

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 needed to develop good character. A man's character is his guardian divinity.

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

The sun is new each day.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Nature is wont to hide herself. Much learning does not teach understanding.

A complete set fragments (yes, it's meant to be funny) of Heraclitus is available at
Herakleitos of Ephesos