“An aimless life is always a troubled life. Every individual should have an aim. But do not forget that the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others. Whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realized unless you have realized perfection in yourself.” ShouldLife IsIndividualForgetQualityDependsIdealsPerfectionShould HaveAimWideGenerousDisinterestedAimless Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Physical education for the body to be effective must be rigorous and detailed, far sighted and methodological. This will be translated into habits. These habits should be controlled and disciplined, while remaining flexible enough to adapt themselves to circumstances and to the needs of growth and development of the being.” NeedsShouldEnoughBodyGrowthDevelopmentHabitCircumstancesControlledFlexiblePhysical Education Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting.” ShouldMadeStatesQuietCalmAspirationReign Author:Sri Aurobindo
“God does work through both pure and impure vessels but that does not mean that one should keep nature impure for ever. When the vessel will become pure the urge for action coming from within will be a flawless, definitive action. As long as that does not happen one has to minimize one's activities.” ShouldMeanLongDoeHappensActionPureActivityUrgesVesselFlawless Author:Sri Aurobindo
“There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err.” ShouldRememberCoursesLeftFieldsPossibilitySakeExperimentsAll Time Author:Sri Aurobindo
“What do you want to do sadhana for? The aim should not be the satisfaction of egoism: "I want to be a great yogi; I shall have so much power and with that power I shall establish myself in the world." All such thoughts must be thrown far away.” WorldWantShouldAimSatisfactionThrownFar AwayEgoismYogi Author:Sri Aurobindo
“An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.” IfsNeedsShouldTryingMindWellsForceActiveOutletsActive Minds Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements.” ShouldAttitudeAcceptingMovementAssumingAll TimeGiverSanctionsRejecting Author:Sri Aurobindo
“After having stopped the lower activities of the mind, it must be made receptive; and, instead of weaving all kinds of empty and idle thoughts, the mind should receive intuitions from above.” ShouldMindKindMadeActivityEmptyIntuitionAll KindsIdleReceptiveWeaving Author:Sri Aurobindo
“In order to satisfy the vital being, it must be offered some activity, and at the same time the mind should be slowly made to take interest in yoga.” ShouldMindMadeOrderInterestActivityYoga Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.” ShouldSoulGodHelpingUseSpiritualGrowthChancePerfectEducationGrowingStrengthDivineOffersDrawsYogaPerfectionTasksAimRefuseNobleChiefsSpheresSoul SearchingAim Of Education Author:Sri Aurobindo
