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Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.

Sri Aurobindo

Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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Choice Death Imitation Success
The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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Face Ourselves Practice
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
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
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Mindset Progress Seek
A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.
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Point Satisfaction Success Thinking Truth
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Order Photograph Stop Yourself
No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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Calm Dangerous Myself Spirit
All existence is a manifestation of God.
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Existence God Manifestation
The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
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Level Mindset Physical 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
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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Attachment Away Desire Thinking
To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it.
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Courage Development Doubt Experience See
The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.
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Essence Experience Mindset Remember Right Soul Touch
For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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Existence Harmony Problem
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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Effort Game God Perfection Resistance Sin Virtue
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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Freedom Nature Soul Stand
Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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Divine Power Stand Work Yourself
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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Calm Live Peace Shake
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
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Age Creativity Herself Human People
The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.
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Greatness Race Spiritual
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Divine Manifestation Oneself
Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.
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Human Knowledge Truth
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Atheist God Himself
Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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Change Death Forever Gate
The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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End Freedom Spirit
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

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