As the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.
PLOTINUSAs the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.
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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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God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
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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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The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
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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 a man could but be turned about, he would see at once God and himself and the All.
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Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.
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Nature is but an image of wisdom, the last thing of the soul; nature being a thing which doth only do, but not know.
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Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
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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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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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It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me.
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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too.
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