This is as ephemeral as I am going to get. While most of the other practical philosophy recommendations I’m making are bent towards hard, practical advice, Heraclitus might seem a bit poetic. But those beautiful lines are really the same direct advice and timeless, perspective-changing observations as the others.
“Try in vain with empty talk / to separate the essences of things / and say how each thing truly is.”
“Applicants for wisdom / do what I have done: / inquire within.”
“Character is fate.”
“What eyes witness / ears believe on hearsay.”
“The crops are sold / for money spent on food.”
Rich Roll Podcast 197 - Jesse Itzler