Ought Determine Quotes 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Sri Aurobindo

Do not belong to the past dawns,but to the noons of future

— Sri Aurobindo

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Sri Aurobindo

Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.

— 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…

— Sri Aurobindo