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Sri Aurobindo Quotes on Nature

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, poet, and anti-colonial revolutionary. This page collects quotes attributed to Sri Aurobindo on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Sri Aurobindo:

    “Hidden nature is secret God.”

  • Attributed to Sri Aurobindo:

    “The supramental is a truth and its advent is in the very nature of things inevitable.”

  • “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.”

    Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
  • “What I cannot do now is the sign of what I shall do hereafter. The sense of impossibility is the beginning of all possibilities. Because this temporal universe was a paradox and an impossibility, therefore the Eternal created it out of His being.”

    Thoughts and Glimpses (1916-17)