True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become. Sri Aurobindo More Quotes by Sri Aurobindo More Quotes From Sri Aurobindo When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. Sri Aurobindo chance silence mind An aimless life is always a troubled life. Every individual should have an aim. But do not forget that the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others. Whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realized unless you have realized perfection in yourself. Sri Aurobindo quality perfection should-have Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism. Sri Aurobindo selfishness hypocrisy enemy 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. Sri Aurobindo perseverance honesty beautiful 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 Sri Aurobindo mind doe mean The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. Sri Aurobindo principles teaching firsts The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda - Christ's kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga - upon the earth. Sri Aurobindo yoga practice spiritual 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. Sri Aurobindo paradox world firsts Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories. Sri Aurobindo victory gains mean The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy. Sri Aurobindo scripture philosophy ideas Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use. Sri Aurobindo strength god education Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable. Sri Aurobindo conditions peace firsts Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. Sri Aurobindo philosophical cat dog The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies. Sri Aurobindo soulmate love two In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture Sri Aurobindo middle order 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. Sri Aurobindo positive inspirational life Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings. Sri Aurobindo happenings The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it. Sri Aurobindo clean empty cups 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. Sri Aurobindo silence meditation thinking Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for in him and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees which climb to a divine supermanhood. The step from man towards superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth's evolution. There lies our destiny and the liberating key to our aspiring, but troubled and limited human existence — inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner Spirit and the logic of Nature's process. Sri Aurobindo finals earth men
