Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude.
SRI AUROBINDOGenius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.
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What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
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That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.
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The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.
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When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
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Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Hidden nature is secret God.
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This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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The yogin becomes aware in part of the action of the supramental power organizing the lower vehicle (ādhāra). A part of it remains behind the veil and prepares itself.
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True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.
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Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.
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There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind’s immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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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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