If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods.

All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string.

Everything changes and nothing stands still.

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.