No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
SRI AUROBINDODetachment is the beginning of mastery.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.
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Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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The Person is a bubble on Time’s sea.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
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We are sons of God And must be even as he.
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The expression “from above” is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action – we call it intuition.
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Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite’s thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God.
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Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.
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The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.
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The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself – for this is your true self.
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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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