The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives. Sri Aurobindo More Quotes by Sri Aurobindo More Quotes From Sri Aurobindo One mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent. Sri Aurobindo courseslonelydeeds But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome. Sri Aurobindo spiritualityovercomingmade 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. Sri Aurobindo exclusivelimited-timepurpose We have to create strength where it did not exist before; we have to change our natures, and become new men with new hearts, to be born again. We need a nucleus of men in whom the Shakti is developed to its uttermost extent, in whom it fills every corner of the personality and overflows to fertilise the earth. These, having the fire of Bhawani in their hearts and brains, will go forth and carry the flame to every nook and cranny of our land. Sri Aurobindo fireheartmen Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence. Sri Aurobindo existenceconsciousnessevolution To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. Sri Aurobindo religiousgodinspirational The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before all others, is strength strength physical, strength mental, strength moral, but above all strength spiritual which is the one inexhaustible and imperishable source of all the others. If we have strength everything else will be added to us easily and naturally. Sri Aurobindo moralspirituallooks The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation. Sri Aurobindo freedomspiritualwings 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. Sri Aurobindo thinkerconsciousnesssight The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being. Sri Aurobindo yogapracticefaces Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world. Sri Aurobindo privilegeuniqueworld He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite. Sri Aurobindo chosenhas-beensinfinite For the powers of our mind, life, and body are bound to their own limitations, and however high they may rise or however widely expand, they cannot rise beyond them. But still, mental man can open to what is beyond him and call down a Supramental Light, Truth, and Power to work in him and do what the mind cannot do. If mind cannot by effort become what is beyond mind, Supermind can descend and transform mind into its own substance. Sri Aurobindo powerfullightmen To doubt the experience is to discourage it. Let it be developed, see what is in it. Sri Aurobindo discouragingdoubt Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth. Sri Aurobindo humanssunknowledge 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. Sri Aurobindo selfmenmean The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit. Sri Aurobindo freedomendsspirit Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world. Sri Aurobindo hegemonymasterypolitical Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself. Sri Aurobindo awarenessmenart They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion. Sri Aurobindo soulgodbelieve
