Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.
PLOTINUSWe must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing…a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.
More Plotinus Quotes
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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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Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue.
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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
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Withdraw into yourself and look.
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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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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 stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky.
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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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Become vision itself.
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One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.
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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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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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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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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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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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