Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
SRI AUROBINDOIn order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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 yogin becomes aware in part of the action of the supramental power organizing the lower vehicle (ādhāra). A part of it remains behind the veil and prepares itself.
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An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.
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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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All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
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A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
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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 soul in man is greater than his fate.
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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
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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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Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.
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The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.
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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.
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The meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.
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