The Absolute...

Certainly this Absolute is none of the things of which it is the source—its nature is that nothing can be affirmed of it—not existence, not essence, not life—since it is That which transcends all these.

But possess yourself of it by the very elimination of Being and you hold a marvel.

Thrusting forward to This, attaining, and resting in yourself, seek to grasp it more and more—understanding it by that intuitive thrust alone,

but knowing its greatness by the Beings that follow upon it and exist by its power.


Plotinus
Enneads, III. 8. 10.