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"The supramental transformation, the supramental evolution must carry with it a lifting of mind, life and body out of themselves into a greater way of being in which yet their own ways and powers would be, not suppressed or abolished, but perfected and fulfilled by the self-exceeding."
"With which part do you watch? Surely with the mind? That won't do. It is the silent Purusha within who must watch all."
"It will not do to depend on the mind alone."
"A mind in the present moment is meditation."
"When your own mind tells you to quit, you must ignore your negative thoughts and press on."
"Tomorrows only exist in the minds of dreamers and losers."
"Make up your mind to be happy."
"Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body."
"A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind."
"I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events."
"While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind."
"Fundamentalism is rigorously and systematically used to indoctrinate and subjugate young minds. It is a contraceptive designed to prevent intellectual fertilization."
"The cumulative power of doing things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind: You're going to be dreaming soon."
"See and feel who you are. Love like you have never loved before. The practial point is to live and enjoy from where you are. You can feel every movement because you are not here. The logic is only important to the body-mind."
"I don't mind if you forget me. Having learned my lesson, I never left an impression on anyone."
"He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free."
"Live for an ideal and leave no place in the mind for anything else."
"To believe that mind is all, that thought is all is only a higher materialism."
"Know that the mind which is born to succeed joins itself to a determined will and perseveres."
"Renunciation is of the mind."
