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.
PlotinusBeing is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
Plotinus