Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
PLOTINUSEach one of us is part of the soul of the universe
PLOTINUSAs the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.
PLOTINUSBefore we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
PLOTINUSFrom 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.
PLOTINUSEverything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.
PLOTINUSIn actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
PLOTINUSAll things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
PLOTINUSWe 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.
PLOTINUSThe Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
PLOTINUSWe ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.
PLOTINUSMankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
PLOTINUSThe world is knowable, harmonious, and good.
PLOTINUSBeauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too.
PLOTINUSI am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
PLOTINUSIf someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct.
PLOTINUSWithdraw 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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