Heraclitus: Quotes about God

“This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 30
Variant translations:
The world, an entity out of everything, was created by neither gods nor men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and regularly becoming extinguished.
This world . . . ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living Fire, in measures being kindled and in measure going out.
That which always was,
and is, and will be everlasting fire,
the same for all, the cosmos,
made neither by god nor man,
replenishes in measure
as it burns away.
Translated by Brooks Haxton
Numbered fragments

God , Universe

“War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.”

Heraclitus

Men , God , War

“War is the father and king of all, and has produced some as gods and some as men, and has made some slaves and some free.”

Heraclitus

G. T. W. Patrick, 1889 http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/heraclitus/herpatu.htm

Men , God , War

“God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 67
Numbered fragments

Hunger , God , War , Peace