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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

Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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Enemy Force Ourselves
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.
SRI AUROBINDO

Culture Economics Future Humanity Issue Knowledge Progress Spiritual
Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen.
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Knowledge Listening Power Surface True
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
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Acceptance Appearance Knowledge Man Reason
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Order Photograph Stop Yourself
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Embrace Forever Religion
Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.
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Cry Emotion Enemy Force Hypocrisy Sentiment Weakness
When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.
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Death One Liner Reason Wisdom
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
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Difficult Willing
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
The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.
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Fall God Path Spiritual
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
All existence is a manifestation of God.
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Existence God Manifestation
My God is love and sweetly suffers all.
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God Love Myself Suffering

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