Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing.
PLOTINUSEach one of us is part of the soul of the universe
More Plotinus Quotes
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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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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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When we look outside of that on which we depend we ignore our unity; looking outward we see many faces; look inward and all is one head.
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The vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.
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And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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A 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.
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We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it.
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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.
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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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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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Until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendour of virtue, until you shall see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.
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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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One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing.
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