You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
PLOTINUSNow we are become a dual thing, no longer that which we were at first, dormant, and in a sense no longer present.
More Plotinus Quotes
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There is one and the same soul in many bodies.
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One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing.
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It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
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Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.
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If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct.
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It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.
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The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
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In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view.
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Beauty is rather a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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Withdraw into yourself and look.
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Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.
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We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing…a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.
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Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
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