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.
PLOTINUSIn this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view.
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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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Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
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Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.
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The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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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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Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing.
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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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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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One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing.
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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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The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky.
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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.
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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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