On Thoughts and Aphorisms

04/03/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Suffering not a requisite for progress

…a day will come when this apparent suffering will no longer be required to stimulate the advance and when progress can be made more and more […]
03/31/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dissolving Difficulties

Virtue claims to seek perfection, but perfection is a totality. So the two movements contradict each other. A virtue that eliminates, reduces, fixes limits, and a […]
07/07/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The only safety in life

The only safety in life, the only way to escape from the consequences of past errors, is an inner development leading to conscious union with the […]
06/30/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patience

.. several times, the body has asked the question, “Why do I not feel Thy Power and Thy Force in me?” And the reply has always […]
06/14/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Wisdom

True wisdom comes only when the ego disappears, and the ego disappears only when you are ready to abandon yourself completely to the supreme Lord without […]
06/13/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Dealing with irritation

Look upon everything with a benevolent smile. Take all the things which irritate you as a lesson for yourself and your life will be more peaceful […]
04/04/2019

Logic – the worst enemy of truth

Logic is the art of correctly deducing one idea from another and inferring from a fact all its consequences. But logic does not itself possess the capacity to […]
03/29/2019

Others are a mirror of ourself

You stop short at the perfection that others should realise and you are seldom conscious of the goal you should be pursuing yourself. If you are […]
11/07/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Truth

Truth is a difficult and strenuous conquest. One must be a true warrior to make this conquest, a warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, […]