True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.
SRI AUROBINDOWatch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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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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There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
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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.
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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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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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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Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
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All existence is a manifestation of God.
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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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Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.
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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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