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The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.

Sri Aurobindo

One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
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Principle Teaching True
Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.
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Better Character Endurance Example Health Perfection Teaching Value
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.
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Development Divine Help Intellectual
Hidden nature is secret God.
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God Hide Nature One Liner Secret
The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.
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Consciousness Greatness Knowledge Power Thinking
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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Commitment Fierce Offense Right
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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Creature Freedom Love Nature World
The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Motive Personal Purity Spiritual Work
Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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Average Discover Genius Talent
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
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
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
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Embrace Forever Religion
Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God.
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Delight God Learning Secret
What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
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Atheist Children Forever Game God Perspective

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