Porphyry

"The intellect participates in divine being."

"We should live as if in exile from our true home."

"The path to enlightenment requires self-renunciation."

"Nature reveals the hand of the creator."

"True love transcends bodily attraction."

"The eternal is always present within the temporal."

"To purify the soul is to purify the world."

"The multitude errs; the sage discerns truth alone."

"All things flow from and return to the One."

"The body is an obstacle to spiritual progress."

"Knowledge of the divine is the highest good."

"We must mortify the flesh to exalt the spirit."

"The eternal forms are more real than material objects."

"Reason unites us with the divine order."

"The soul's journey is one of purification and return."

"Beauty in art reflects eternal truths."

"The wise man fears not death but ignoble living."

"All human striving is but a shadow of divine aspiration."

"The material world cannot satisfy the immortal soul."

"We are pilgrims in a foreign land, seeking home."

"Virtue requires the conquest of base desires."

"The One is beyond all categories and descriptions."

"To know the eternal is to transcend the temporal."

"The soul recognizes itself in contemplation of the divine."

"All things exist within the infinite intelligence of the One."

"The pursuit of external goods corrupts the soul."

"True friendship is a union of kindred spirits."

"The body ages; the soul is eternally young."

"Wisdom lies in knowing what not to desire."

"The divine nature is accessible only through reason and virtue."