Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.
SRI AUROBINDO
SRI AUROBINDO
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo117 quotes“Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.”
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To hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition.
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Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo 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.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo 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.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
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