On Thoughts and Aphorisms

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, […]
09/09/2018

The true attitude

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 […]
06/29/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Opinions

It would be better to have some wisdom rather than an opinion, that is, to consider all the possibilities, all the aspects of the question and […]
05/16/2018

Cruelty

Cruelty was one of the things that was most repugnant to Sri Aurobindo, but he always said that it was the distortion of an intensity, one could […]
04/19/2018

Human nature- Slavery to Activity

Human nature is such that laziness has taken the place of aspiration — not for everyone, but anyway in quite a general way — and licence […]
03/22/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Making Life Perfect

The only way to make life perfect—I mean here, life on earth, of course—is to look at it from high enough to see it as a […]
03/01/2018

Acceptance of impurities

Do not try to appear virtuous. See how much you are united, one with everything that is anti-divine. Take your share of the burden, accept yourselves […]
01/08/2018
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Belonging to the Divine

When I say, “someone who belongs to the Divine”, I mean a being who has abolished the ego within himself, who is constantly conscious of the […]