--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Sri Aurobindo" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Sri Aurobindo. Plus more from Sri Aurobindo and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/sri-aurobindo-1257_casts_a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these_858073.png" --- > [A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but intellectual dogma and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these-god-visions-could-embrace/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/sri-aurobindo-1257_casts_a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these_858073.png) > [If Hell were possible, it would be the shortest cut to the highest heaven. For verily God loveth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/if-hell-were-possible-it-would-be-the-shortest-cut-to-the-highest/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/sri-aurobindo-1257_cutting_if-hell-were-possible-it-would-be-the-sh_1239975.png) > [An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/an-active-mind-needs-an-outlet-if-it-stops-by-itself-from-within-well/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/sri-aurobindo-1257_active_an-active-mind-needs-an-outlet-if-it-sto_1248000.png) > [While doing work if the mind continues to be active let it be so, but there must be at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/while-doing-work-if-the-mind-continues-to-be-active-let-it-be-so-but/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/sri-aurobindo-1257_active_while-doing-work-if-the-mind-continues-t_2837410.png) > [Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/vain-indeed-is-all-overweening-pride-in-the-conquest-even-of-the/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/sri-aurobindo-1257_conquest_vain-indeed-is-all-overweening-pride-in_3186563.png) > [To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/to-have-a-developed-intellect-is-always-helpful-if-one-can-enlighten/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/sri-aurobindo-1257_divine_to-have-a-developed-intellect-is-always_2614459.png) > [But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/but-difficulties-were-made-to-be-overcome-and-if-the-supreme-will-is/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/sri-aurobindo-1257_adversity_but-difficulties-were-made-to-be-overcom_1855499.png) > [If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/if-a-religion-is-not-universal-it-cannot-be-eternal-a-narrow-religion/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/sri-aurobindo-1257_eternal_if-a-religion-is-not-universal-it-cannot_2514480.png) > [Yes, this Purusha consciousness must be maintained; otherwise the calm will not last. The knocks and blows that come from outside cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/yes-this-purusha-consciousness-must-be-maintained-otherwise-the-calm/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/sri-aurobindo-1257_blow_yes-this-purusha-consciousness-must-be-m_1545332.jpg) > [There is a veil between the Supermind above and the lower Prakriti below - the veil of ingrained formations. This veil may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/there-is-a-veil-between-the-supermind-above-and-the-lower-prakriti/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sri-aurobindo-1257_changed_there-is-a-veil-between-the-supermind-ab_1141603.jpg) > [You carry in yourself all the obstacles necessary to make your realization perfect. If you discover a very black hole, a thick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/you-carry-in-yourself-all-the-obstacles-necessary-to-make-your/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/sri-aurobindo-1257_black_you-carry-in-yourself-all-the-obstacles_112976.png) > [If India is to survive, she must be made young again. Rushing and billowing streams of energy must be poured into her;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/if-india-is-to-survive-she-must-be-made-young-again-rushing-and/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/sri-aurobindo-1257_action_if-india-is-to-survive-she-must-be-made_1086114.jpg) > [If it be true that spirit is involved in Matter and apparent Nature is secret God, then the manifestation in the divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/if-it-be-true-that-spirit-is-involved-in-matter-and-apparent-nature/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/sri-aurobindo-1257_aim_if-it-be-true-that-spirit-is-involved-in_1253121.png) > [The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/the-deeper-we-look-the-more-we-shall-be-convinced-that-the-one-thing/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/sri-aurobindo-1257_acquire_the-deeper-we-look-the-more-we-shall-be_818120.jpg) > [You have a strong active nature. And this in you is a point of strength. If you can mould it rightly this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/you-have-a-strong-active-nature-and-this-in-you-is-a-point-of/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/sri-aurobindo-1257_active_you-have-a-strong-active-nature-and-this_872441.png) > [Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/even-if-the-being-is-not-entirely-purified-varieties-of-inspirations/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/sri-aurobindo-1257_absolutes_even-if-the-being-is-not-entirely-purifi_1972944.png) > [For the powers of our mind, life, and body are bound to their own limitations, and however high they may rise or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/for-the-powers-of-our-mind-life-and-body-are-bound-to-their-own/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/sri-aurobindo-1257_body_for-the-powers-of-our-mind-life-and-body_871800.jpg) > [I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/i-say-of-the-congress-then-this-that-its-aims-are-mistaken-that-the/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/sri-aurobindo-1257_accomplishment_i-say-of-the-congress-then-this-that-its_2326847.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Sri Aurobindo > [“Across the threshold’s sleep she entered in And found herself amid great figures of gods Conscious in stone and living without breath, Watching with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/across-the-threshold-s-sleep-she-entered-in-and-found-herself-amid/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/perfect-health-sincerity-honesty-straightforwardness-courage/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Hinduism... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/hinduism-gave-itself-no-name-because-it-set-itself-no-sectarian/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Do not belong to the past dawns,but to the noons of future](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/do-not-belong-to-the-past-dawns-but-to-the-noons-of-future/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/there-is-no-greater-pride-and-glory-than-to-be-a-perfect-instrument/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God. What then was the commencement of the whole matter? Existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/delight-is-the-secret-learn-of-pure-delight-and-thou-shalt-learn-of/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [You carry in yourself all the obstacles necessary to make your realization perfect. If you discover a very black hole, a thick shadow, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/you-carry-in-yourself-all-the-obstacles-necessary-to-make-your/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/indian-religion-has-always-felt-that-since-the-minds-the-temperaments/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [“One who has shaped this world is ever its lord: Our errors are his steps upon the way; He works through the fierce vicissitudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/one-who-has-shaped-this-world-is-ever-its-lord-our-errors-are-his/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/not-in-the-state-of-unconsciousness-but-in-full-awareness-when-the/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [A woman has the greatest opportunity to provide the best outcome for a baby and its potentialities. Not only by having a conscious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/a-woman-has-the-greatest-opportunity-to-provide-the-best-outcome-for/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/they-proved-to-me-by-convincing-reasons-that-god-does-not-exist/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [The yogin becomes aware in part of the action of the supramental power organizing the lower vehicle (ādhāra). A part of it remains behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/the-yogin-becomes-aware-in-part-of-the-action-of-the-supramental/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/spirituality-is-indeed-the-master-key-of-the-indian-mind-the-sense-of/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) > [A hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute Delight regards Time's countless works: To house God's joy in things Space gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/a-hidden-bliss-is-at-the-root-of-things-a-mute-delight-regards-time-s/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/sri-aurobindo/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Sri Aurobindo", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sri Aurobindo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these-god-visions-could-embrace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/sri-aurobindo-1257_casts_a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these_858073.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/sri-aurobindo-1257_casts_a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these_858073.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/sri-aurobindo-1257_casts_a-great-thing-would-be-done-if-all-these_858073.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A great thing would be done if all these God-visions could embrace and cast themselves into each other; but…” — Sri Aurobindo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If Hell were possible, it would be the shortest cut to the highest heaven. 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