Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly. Plotinus More Quotes by Plotinus More Quotes From Plotinus The soul in its nature loves God and longs to be at one with Him in the noble love of a daughter for a noble father; but coming to human birth and lured by the courtships of this sphere, she takes up with another love, a mortal, leaves her father and falls. Plotinus daughter father fall If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct. Plotinus goal trying lying It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image? Plotinus portraiture enough should Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing. Plotinus defeat earth wings It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings. Plotinus unity virtue