The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting.
Sri AurobindoBut difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.
Sri AurobindoThe Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.
Sri AurobindoGod 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.
Sri Aurobindo