Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
Sri AurobindoRead
Inspiration is a slender river of brightness leaping from a vast and eternal knowledge, it exceeds reason more perfectly than reason exceeds the knowledge of the senses.
Interpretation
Inspiration transcends rational thought and stems from a deep, universal knowledge.
This quote by Sri Aurobindo highlights the idea that inspiration is a profound and dynamic force that flows from an eternal source of wisdom. It suggests that while reason is limited to sensory experiences and understanding, inspiration has the power to elevate our thoughts and emotions, connecting us to a greater knowledge that is often beyond mere rationality.
In practice
In a motivational speech about chasing dreams and creativity.
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.
Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.
Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges.
Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
Do-so is more important than say-so.
No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going to be 1.000. So you don't have the right to verbally talk out about somebody. Look at yourself. Did you do everything you could do? Did you start your day off right? Are you perfect?
Dangerously well’— what an irony is this: it expresses precisely the doubleness, the paradox, of feeling ‘too well
An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.
The wisest of the wise may err.
Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
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