Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
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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The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
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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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Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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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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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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In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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No danger can perturb my spirit’s calm.
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All existence is a manifestation of God.
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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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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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All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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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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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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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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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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Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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Stand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
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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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The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.
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One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
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Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.
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The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself.
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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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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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