336 Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

It will not do to depend on the mind alone.

The higher Truth is all the time working in us but through the lower power - Aparashakti. It is when we become conscious of the play of this higher Power then only yoga begins.

The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we call it intuition.

One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.

What I cannot do now is the sign of what I shall do hereafter. The sense of impossibility is the beginning of all possibilities. Because this temporal universe was a paradox and an impossibility, therefore the Eternal created it out of His being.

There is a veil between the Supermind above and the lower Prakriti below - the veil of ingrained formations. This veil may completely withdraw or be partially withdrawn. Thus even if there is some little opening, with the contact of Light from above the lower nature will get slowly changed.

You have a strong active nature. And this in you is a point of strength. If you can mould it rightly this will become a very great strength. On the other hand, this too is your weak point - a hindrance in sadhana.

And, in order to possess the Truth, the plays of the lower nature must be stopped.

One must have first of all a solid foundation.