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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.

Sri Aurobindo

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
While doing work if the mind continues to be active let it be so, but there must be at the same time a capacity for silence.
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Active Capacity Mindset Silence Time
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
Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you … political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.
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Human Politics Recover Source Strength World
Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
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Greatness Impossible Journey Possible
This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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Power Solidarity World
Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious of it and of that he has to be conscious.
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Consciousness Mindset Play Truth
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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God Imagination Laughter Listening People
The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.
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Beginning Devil Divine Kingdom Man State True
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
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Consciousness Evolution Existence Motive
There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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Eyes God Small Yourself
No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Calm Dangerous Myself Spirit
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
Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom’s face.
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Face Knowledge Wisdom

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