Sri Aurobindo Quotes

Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one great lesson I have been taught in my life; strength, it says, strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them, would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin, weakness cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convulsion-fits; though six men cannot hold him then. He that can walk under the heaviest weight without staggering, he is the strong man . . . A man who cannot hold his peace, till the time come for speaking and acting, is no right man.

All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear.

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.

Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

Disappointment builds character and strength.

I had the luxury of falling down a few times and picking myself up as a stronger version of myself.

You have to stay strong when it gets tough.

I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. --Antonio

Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!