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Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.

Sri Aurobindo

All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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Attachment Away Desire Thinking
The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.
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Force Greatness Stand Strong
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
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
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Art Himself Nature Transcendence
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.
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Active Force Mindset Oneself Stop Try
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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Development Divine Help Intellectual
Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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Divine Honey Law Live
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Effort Game God Perfection Resistance Sin Virtue
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
Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
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Care Failure Prosper Success Time
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
Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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Face Knowledge Wisdom
Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence.
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Meditation Mindset Silence Thinking
The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
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Heart Man Mindset Ordinary
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.
SRI AUROBINDO

Better Character Endurance Example Health Perfection Teaching Value

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