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Knowing Quotes by Plotinus
- Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
- Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
- Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true…
More Knowing Quotes
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda
- Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of… — Frederick Lenz
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out… — C.S. Lewis
- I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening,… — Thomas Merton
- Sometimes I push too far, and say the worst possible things... But why would I want to be hurt again? trust is… — Unknown Author
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
- Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool.… — Margaret Atwood