Sri Aurobindo Quotes

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.

The gift of Truthovercomes all gifts.The joy of Truthovercomes all pleasures.The taste of Truthovercomes all sweetness.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, it is another kind of religion altogether.

Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures.

You need to pray. Donald Trump is who he is - and that's one thing that politicians are not. It's all "game playing."

The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

But all of us-at home, at war, wherever we may be-are within the reach of God's love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God's will.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual tenet.

Asking God for a specific thing will amount to limiting God to a specific answer.

When the past has taught us that we have more within us than we have ever used, our prayer is a cry to the divine to come to us and fill us with its power.

My favoured temple is an humble heart.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.

The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.

In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. And I can sleep at night because I'm at peace with it.

I pray because I can't help myself.

Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.

All I really want - when I pray , I don't really ask for anything. All I want to do is God's will and make the best decisions I can. I don't go out and preach.

The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last, and in being neither violently excited nor torpid nor playing the hypocrite.