Sri Aurobindo Quotes

A collection of quotes by Sri Aurobindo.

Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) was an Indian philosopher, poet, and yogi. He played a significant role in the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. Aurobindo embraced a spiritual path and advocated for a synthesis of Eastern and Western philosophies. His book "The Life Divine" and the concept of integral yoga gained wide recognition. Aurobindo established the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, where he dedicated his life to spiritual and philosophical teachings. His writings continue to inspire individuals seeking spiritual growth and transformation.

My God is love and sweetly suffers all.

My God is love and sweetly suffers all.

God Love

A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point,

A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.

Success Truth

There are two allied powers in man; knowledge and wisdom. Kn

There are two allied powers in man; knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is so much of the truth seen in a distorted medium as the mind arrives at by groping, wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in the spirit.

Wisdom Life Truth Power Man Vision Mind

Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of

Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of ordinary men; but because it is hard, therefore it must be attempted and accomplished.

Men Life

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.

Religion

India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reaso

India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.

Age

Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the te

Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.

Religion

Hidden nature is secret God.

Hidden nature is secret God.

Nature

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.

Intelligence

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

Alone