“There are two allied powers in man; knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is so much of the truth seen in a distorted medium as the mind arrives at by groping, wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in the spirit.”

—  Sri Aurobindo

Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana

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Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, gur… 1872–1950

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