India saw from the beginning, – and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, – that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.
SRI AUROBINDOPeace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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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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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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But few are those who tread the sunlit path; Only the pure in soul can walk in light.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away.
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My God is love and sweetly suffers all.
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Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin.
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We are sons of God And must be even as he.
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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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This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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All existence is a manifestation of God.
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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
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To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.
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