The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
PLOTINUSWithdraw into yourself and look.
More Plotinus Quotes
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Now we are become a dual thing, no longer that which we were at first, dormant, and in a sense no longer present.
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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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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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Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
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One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.
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The sculptor cuts away here, smoothes there, makes this line lighter, this other purer, until he or she has shown a beautiful face upon the statue.
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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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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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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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Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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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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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing.
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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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