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"31 Sri Aurobindo Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 August 1872. Died: 5 December 1950 | Philosopher | Yogi | Guru | Poet | Nationalist |

True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.

True knowledge Not attained By thinking You become
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There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

Nothing mind Better done Mind's immobility Thought free
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Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

Actual enemy Force exterior Crying weakness Our cowardice
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The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Whole world After freedom Each creature In love
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The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

Divine truth Greater than Any religion Scripture
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The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.

The great Are strongest Stand alone God-given might
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Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.

Peace First condition Nothing else Be stable
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A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away.

Quiet mind No thought Mental movements True being
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The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

Supreme state Human love The unity One soul
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By your stumbling, the world is perfected.

Your stumbling The world Is perfected
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The first and the most important thing is to know that life is one and immortal. Only the forms, countless in number, are transient and brittle. The life everlasting is independent of any form but manifests itself in all forms. Life then does not die,but the forms are dissolved.

Important thing Life Immortal The forms
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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.

Soul sees Has experienced Is appearance Prejudice
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Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Each victory Gained over New strength More victories
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The soul in man is greater than his fate.

The soul In man Greater than His fate
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Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.

Love The keynote Joy The music
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The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.

The consciousness The seer Greater power For knowledge
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One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

Who love God The object His love
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The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber.

The existence Poverty The proof An unjust
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Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.

Genius discovers A system Average talent Stereotypes it
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The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.

Supreme end The freedom The spirit
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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.

A thought An arrow The truth A point
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My love is not a hunger of the heart, My love is not a craving of the flesh; It came to me from God, to God returns.

My love A hunger The heart A craving
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Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.

Sin Virtue Resistance We play
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The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.

The mind Ordinary man Truly near The heart
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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal's gate.

Death But changing Our robes Wedding garments
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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.

Only work Spiritually Purifies us Done
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The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

The practice Yoga Extraordinary complexity Own being
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Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.

Live within Not shaken Outward happenings
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But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.

Difficulties Were made Be overcome Supreme will
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All existence is a manifestation of God.

All existence A manifestation God
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If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

A religion Not universal Be eternal Narrow religion
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Sri Aurobindo Quotes & Sayings