We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
PLOTINUSWe 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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Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.
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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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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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The soul in its nature loves God and longs to be at one with Him in the noble love of a daughter for a noble father.
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From the Soul using the body as an instrument, it does not follow that the Soul must share the body’s experiences: a man does not himself feel all the experiences of the tools with which he is working.
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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
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All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
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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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The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
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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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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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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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Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful as yet, do as the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful.
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It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.
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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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