"But as one that looks up to the heavens and sees the splendour of the stars thinks of the Maker and searches, so whoever has contemplated the Intellectual Universe and known it and wondered for it must search after its Maker too. What Being has raised so noble a fabric? And how?"
Plotinus, The Enneads, III.8, (Mystery Religions)
"Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one speech, and myriads of hidden mysteries are revealed in a single melody; yet, alas, there is no ear to hear, nor heart to understand . . . Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness."
Plotinus, The Enneads, III.8, (Mystery Religions)
"Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one speech, and myriads of hidden mysteries are revealed in a single melody; yet, alas, there is no ear to hear, nor heart to understand . . . Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness."
The Hidden Words, No. 16, 42, (Bahai', Words of Baha'u'llah)
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