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Man in the world’s life works out the dreams of God.

Sri Aurobindo

We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.
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Afford Institution Machine Ourselves Raise Simplicity Slave
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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Action Command Expression Intution Talk Way
To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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Courage Development Doubt Experience See
No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Calm Dangerous Myself Spirit
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.
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Active Force Mindset Oneself Stop Try
The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.
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Culture Economics Future Humanity Issue Knowledge Progress Spiritual
Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Greatness Impossible Journey Possible
The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.
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Beginning Devil Divine Kingdom Man State True
The Person is a bubble on Time’s sea.
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Person Sea Time
The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the spirit.
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Aesthetic Art Divine Door Finding Spirit
We are sons of God And must be even as he.
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God Himself Son
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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Freedom Nature Soul Stand
A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but intellectual dogma and cult egoism stand in the way.
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Ego God Greatness Stand Vision Way
Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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Divine Power Stand Work Yourself

Man in the world’s life works out the dreams of God.

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