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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.

Sri Aurobindo

The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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Cleaning Divine Empty
When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
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Death One Liner Reason Wisdom
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
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
Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.
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Body Determination Live Nature
This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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Power Solidarity World
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
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
My God is love and sweetly suffers all.
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God Love Myself Suffering
Man in the world’s life works out the dreams of God.
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Dreams God Life Man World
When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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Chance Mindset Purity Silence
Hidden nature is secret God.
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God Hide Nature One Liner Secret
The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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Fate Greatness Man Soul
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
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
Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.
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Manifestation Material World
Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.
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Divine Expression Nature Power Trust
He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Choice Deep Wisdom
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
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Embrace Forever Religion
When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.
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Beyond Knowledge Known
You have however within you an inclination towards completeness.
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Complete Responsibility Yourself
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
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
Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Choice Death Imitation Success
The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration – a state of awaiting.
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Aspiration Calm Quiet State Wait
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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Difficult Willing

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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