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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.

Sri Aurobindo

The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.
SRI AUROBINDO

Fall God Path Spiritual
Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
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Advantage Difference Life Man
But few are those who tread the sunlit path; Only the pure in soul can walk in light.
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Light Path Purity Soul Sun Walk
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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Appearance Experience Opinion Prejudice Soul
She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.
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Beyond God Life Spirit
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
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Age Creativity Herself Human People
When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Beyond Knowledge Known
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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God Imagination Laughter Listening People
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Embrace Forever Religion
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
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Heart Man Mindset Ordinary
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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Creature Freedom Love Nature World
You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
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Complete Responsibility Yourself

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