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Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.

Sri Aurobindo

This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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Power Solidarity World
A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.
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Point Satisfaction Success Thinking Truth
When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
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Death One Liner Reason Wisdom
The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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Body Human Love Soul State
If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.
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Forever Limitation Purpose Religion Time Universe
Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.
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Exceptional Privilege Remember Unique World
The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.
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Cleaning Experience Past People Rejection Willing
Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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Face Knowledge Wisdom
Hidden nature is secret God.
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God Hide Nature One Liner Secret
By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
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Perfection World Yourself
When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Beyond Knowledge Known
Man in the world’s life works out the dreams of God.
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Dreams God Life Man World
There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.
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Heart Knowledge Sleep
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 fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.
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Fly Freedom Honey Sweet Touch Wings
The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.
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Consciousness Greatness Knowledge Power Thinking

Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.

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