Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
SRI AUROBINDOThe 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.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.
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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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The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration – a state of awaiting.
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There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.
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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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Faith is the soul’s witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.
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Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
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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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To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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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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Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
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What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
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The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.
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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.
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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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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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The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.
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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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But few are those who tread the sunlit path; Only the pure in soul can walk in light.
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