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.
PLOTINUSYou can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
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It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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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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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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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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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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The vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.
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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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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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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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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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