One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing.
PLOTINUSThe 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.
More Plotinus Quotes
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It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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As in certain combinations so words and in all kinds of music; for melodies and cadences are beautiful; and minds that lift themselves above the realm of sense to a higher order are aware of beauty in the conduct of life.
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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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From the Soul using the body as an instrument, it does not follow that the Soul must share the body’s experiences: a man does not himself feel all the experiences of the tools with which he is working.
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Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing.
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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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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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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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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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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
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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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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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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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