Iamblichus quotes

“No one will deny that the soul of Pythagoras was sent to mankind from Apollo's domain, having either been one of his attendants, or more intimate associates, which may be inferred both from his birth, and his versatile wisdom.”
-- Iamblichus

Source : "Life of Pythagoras". Book by Iamblichus, Ch. 2: Youth, Education, Travels, translated by Thomas Taylor,

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“All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.”
-- Iamblichus

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“'Perfect justice rules the world' for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives.”
-- Iamblichus

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“The Triad has a special beauty and fairness beyond all numbers, primarily because it is the very first to make actual the potentiality of the Monad - oddness, perfection, proportionality, unification, limit.”
-- Iamblichus

Source : "The Theology of Arithmetic". Translated by Robin Waterfield in "The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers", 1988.

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“The dyad gets its name from passing through or asunder; for the dyad is the first to have separated itself from the monad, whence also it is called "daring." For when the monad manifests unification, the dyad steals in and manifests separation.”
-- Iamblichus

Source : "The Theology of Arithmetic". Translated by Robin Waterfield: "The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers", 1988.

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“If the potential of every number is in the monad, then the monad would be intelligible number in the strict sense, since it is not yet manifesting anything actual, but everything conceptually together in it.”
-- Iamblichus

Source : "The Theology of Arithmetic". Translated by Robin Waterfield: "The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers", 1988.

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“There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.”

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”

“Life is just a chance to grow a soul.”

“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”

“You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.”

“My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target. The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.”

“The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.”

“[Apollo 7 was] an expedition of the mind, not of the heart.”

“As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I'd like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible.”

“Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.”