Spirit Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

14 Spirit quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo’s fourteen brief passages on spirit provide a taste of his philosophical depth. Each line invites contemplation without overwhelming the reader.

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The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.

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No danger can perturb my spirit's calm.

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

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If it be true that spirit is involved in Matter and apparent Nature is secret God, then the manifestation in the divine…

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She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our…

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Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the…

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The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an…

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Hinduism... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma,…

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Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for in him and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees which climb…

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Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible…

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To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we…

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A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It…

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The Hindu religion appears ... as a cathedral temple, half in ruins, noble in the mass, often fantastic in detail but always…

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I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their…

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