Quote by Ghose Aurobindo
The fly that touches honey cannot use its wings; so too the soul t

The fly that touches honey cannot use its wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins its freedom and hinders contemplation. – Ghose Aurobindo

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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. – Ghose Aurobindo

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Mankind, Man
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Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper. – Ghose Aurobindo

Category:
Duty
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson

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He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Freedom

The nice thing about the Bible is it doesnt give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened. – Howard Nemerov

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Freedom is the recognition of necessity. – Friedrich Engels

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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. – James Thurber

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