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That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.

Sri Aurobindo

The soul in man is greater than his fate.
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Fate Greatness Man Soul
Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.
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Divine Expression Nature Power Trust
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
Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
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Consciousness Evolution Existence Motive
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
There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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Eyes God Small Yourself
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
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
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Embrace Forever Religion
Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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Enemy Force Ourselves
This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
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Power Solidarity World
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
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Divine Honey Law Live
Hidden nature is secret God.
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God Hide Nature One Liner Secret
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
If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.
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Forever Limitation Purpose Religion Time Universe

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