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

Sri Aurobindo

Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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Average Discover Genius Talent
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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Act Consciousness Idea Material Play Preparation Thinking
The principle of Yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine Being.
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Existence Human Ourselves Power Principle
The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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Fate Greatness Man Soul
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
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Principle Teaching True
Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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Divine Power Stand Work Yourself
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Choice Death Imitation Success
Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
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Consciousness Discipline Greatness Limitation Name Ordinary
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
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
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
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
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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Better Chance Mindset Silence Truth
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
The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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Body Human Love Soul State

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