Sri Aurobindo Quotes

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.

Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.

The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.

I love silence. I seek and create it at every opportunity. I need it to work.

The more your mind is restful, the more you're capable of dynamic activity.

Bring your mind to noble silence. Unify your mind in noble silence. Concentrate your mind in noble silence... Enter into rapture and pleasure born of silence derived of concentration and awareness that is free from thought and fabrication.

The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

I don't really listen to music when I work. I really have to focus on one thing at a time. I like a lot of quiet and peace when I'm working or when I'm thinking or when I'm reading.

I have not yet learned to keep still.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

I like working in silence.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

I work in silence.

Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up the bandwidth of instinct, intuition, concentration, attention. On the light ends, it's a power nap. On the strong ends, it's a giant battery, and that battery doesn't run out.