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The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.

Sri Aurobindo

What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
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Appearance Experience Opinion Prejudice Soul
To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.
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Development Divine Help Intellectual
All existence is a manifestation of God.
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Existence God Manifestation
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
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Order Photograph Stop Yourself
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
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Principle Teaching True
A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but intellectual dogma and cult egoism stand in the way.
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Ego God Greatness Stand Vision Way
The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.
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Divine Greatness Idea Philosophy Religion Truth
Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude.
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Delight Force Hard Time Inspirational Key Master Open Pain Strength Suffering
We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.
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Afford Institution Machine Ourselves Raise Simplicity Slave
The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.
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Beginning Devil Divine Kingdom Man State True
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
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
The supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.
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Body Human Love Soul State
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.
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Gain Inspirational Strength Victory Win
A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.
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God Humor Smile Universe
Man in the world’s life works out the dreams of God.
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Dreams God Life Man World

The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.

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