Sri Aurobindo Short Quotes

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God's servant is something; God's slave is greater.

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Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.

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In a word, godhead; to remake ourselves in the divine image.

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Life, the river of the Spirit, consenting to anguish and sorrow.

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Very usually, altruism is only the sublimest form of selfishness.

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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.

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The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.

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A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe.

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In God's providence there is no evil, but only good or its preparation.

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Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.

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Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God.

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Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.

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There is nothing small in God's eyes; let there be nothing small in thine.

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Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.

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War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat.

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Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.

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There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master.

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Transform reason into ordered intuition; let all thyself be light. This is thy goal.

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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal's gate.

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What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.

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One mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent.

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I have failed, thou sayest. Say rather that God is circling about towards His object.

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Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.

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To commit adultery with God is the perfect experience for which the world was created.

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The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

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O Thou that lovest, strike! If Thou strike me not now, I shall know that Thou lov'st me not.

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Not result is the purpose of action, but God's eternal delight in becoming, seeing and doing.

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When thou findest thyself scorning another, look then at thy own heart and laugh at thy folly.

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The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

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