Sri Aurobindo

“Even an outward life made in the image of this inner harmony will inherit the divine peace.”

“To be free from desire is itself a kind of freedom; but the deepest freedom is to be perfectly the soul of God's will.”

“We must accept the many-sidedness of the manifestation even while we assert the unity of the Manifested.”

“What is needed is sincerity, the agreement of the entire being with the will to progress.”

“The earth is being prepared for a complete transformation, and the chosen instrument of this transformation is the human being.”

“Man is a transitional being. He is not final.”

“The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth's evolution.”

“There is one fundamental requirement: a quietude in the inner being and a confident reliance on the Divine.”

“All can be done if the god-touch is there.”

“A heart that has felt the clasp of love can never again forget its sweetness.”

“Always behind the thought and emotion of life, hidden, lies the still and peaceful Brahman.”

“Patience and confidence in the Divine are necessary; their absence creates many obstacles.”

“Walk like the wind that blows; pass through life with the equal foot of the soul.”

“The greatest victories are the least talked of.”

“When thou art able to see how necessary is suffering to final delight, hatred and persecution to thy perfect love, then thou knowest something of the divine plan.”

“If we know not the world, it is because we are too full of ourselves.”

“True freedom of action comes when one is free of the bondage of the lower nature.”

“Life is a battlefield. The forces of darkness and the forces of light contend within us. We must aspire and call the Light.”

“Quietness without is the body of inner peace.”