Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, i…

- Plotinus

Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe

- Plotinus

The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.

- Plotinus

We 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.

- Plotinus

Withdraw into yourself and look.

- Plotinus

Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.

- Plotinus

You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.

- Plotinus

The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated.…

- Plotinus

In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are on…

- Plotinus