Wisdom of Heraclitus

Wisdom of Heraclitus. Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse. Of all the words yet spoken, none comes quite as far as wisdom, which is the action of the mind beyond all things that may be said. No being, not the sun itself, exceeds due measure, but contending powers set things right. Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and demons never understand that night and day are one. By cosmic rule, as day yields night, so winter summer, war, peace, plenty, famine, all things change. The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony needs low and high, as progeny needs man and woman. War is father of all things and king, names few to serve as gods, and of the rest makes these men slaves, those free. Yet let's not make rash guesses our most lucid thoughts. While cosmic wisdom understands all things are good and just, intelligence may find injustice here and justice somewhere else. The living, where the dead wood of the bow springs back to life, must die. Just as the river where I step is not the same and is, so I am as I am not. Since mindfulness of all things is the ground of being, to speak one's true mind and to keep things known in common serves all being. Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed. Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.