India saw from the beginning, – and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, – that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.
SRI AUROBINDOOur human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.
More Sri Aurobindo Quotes
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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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The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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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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To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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Hidden nature is secret God.
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He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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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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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.
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Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.
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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
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The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.
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By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
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True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.
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Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
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