“Would one think it possible for a man to delight in gauderies like a butterfly, and neglect the Heavens? Did we not daily see it, it would be incredible.”
― Centuries of Meditations
― Centuries of Meditations
“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.”
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“It is you; you are the light around these familiar intimate things.”
― The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
― The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
“Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.”
― The Essence of Plotinus: Extracts from the Six Enneads and Porphyry's Life of Plotinus
― The Essence of Plotinus: Extracts from the Six Enneads and Porphyry's Life of Plotinus
“Some things are little on the outside, and rough and common, but I remember the time when the dust of the streets were as pleasing as Gold to my infant eyes, and now they are more precious to the eye of reason.”
― Centuries of Meditations
― Centuries of Meditations
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