We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
PLOTINUSA dogma recognized throughout antiquity… (that) the soul expiates its sins in the darkness of the infernal regions and… afterwards… passes into new bodies, there to undergo new trials.
More Plotinus Quotes
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God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
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The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
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As in certain combinations so words and in all kinds of music; for melodies and cadences are beautiful; and minds that lift themselves above the realm of sense to a higher order are aware of beauty in the conduct of life.
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Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
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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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Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.
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The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
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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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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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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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Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.
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