Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
PLOTINUSIt is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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Intelligence inbound with the entire of reality, not fenced off, integral to that All. […] Then it was as if One voice sounded.
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The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky.
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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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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.
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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 soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
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It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
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One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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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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Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.
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We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
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