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The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

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Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for in him and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees which climb to a divine supermanhood. The step from man towards superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth's evolution. There lies our destiny and the liberating key to our aspiring, but troubled and limited human existence — inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner Spirit and the logic of Nature's process.

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As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.

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Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead to serious errors. Inspirations from above mixing with the impurities from below get all muddled up and the sadhak takes this for an absolute command. Many a sadhak has thus fallen into danger. Therefore, one must particularly lay stress on the purification of the being.

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She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, - truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.

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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.

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Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions.

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New sentient creatures filled the unseen depths, Life's glory and swiftness ran in the beauty of beasts.

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Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.

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All that is born and destroyed is reborn in the sweep of the ages; Life like a decimal ever recurring repeats the old figure.

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Only the soul that is naked and unashamed, can be pure and innocent , even as Adam was in the primal garden of humanity .

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The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.

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Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.

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India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.

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The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.

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Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.

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To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.

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If Hell were possible, it would be the shortest cut to the highest heaven. For verily God loveth.

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What is God after all? An eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden.

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A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It is only the full emergence of the soul, the full descent of the native light and power of the Spirit and the consequent replacement or transformation and uplifting of our insufficient mental and vital nature by a spiritual and supramental Supernature that can effect this evolutionary miracle.

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