The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
Interpretation
Every individual contributes to the completeness of the universe.
This quote by Plotinus suggests that the essence or 'soul' of every person has a unique role in the grand scheme of existence. It implies that individual lives and experiences are integral to the harmony and totality of the universe, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of each person's journey in creating a complete reality.
In practice
This quote can be used during a philosophical discussion about the nature of existence.
Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, 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, in actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
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. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.
I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
The book, 'Citizen,' begins with daily encounters, little moments, places where language reveals how racism determines how we interact.
He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons, and in which Amaranta had played Chinese checkers with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez, and in which Amarana Ursula had sewn the tiny clothing for the child, and in that flash of lucidity he became aware that he was unable to bear in his soul the crushing weight of so much past.
I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.
This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.
There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.
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