#evolution

Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Overman—a rope over an abyss.

Whoever reaches his ideal transcends it eo ipso.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

All life is Yoga. The whole world is a manifestation of the Spirit.

Hidden nature is secret divinity. Man is a transitional being; he is not final. For in man and high beyond him rise the radiant degrees of the divine consciousness.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

The ascent to the divine life is the human journey.

The world is not an illusion to be escaped; it is the field of divine manifestation.

Human progress is an evolutionary spiral, not a straight line.

The earth is a sacred stage for the evolution of spirit.

The dawn of the Supermind will transfigure human life.

All life is a movement toward the perfection of the spirit.

The path of yoga is the acceleration of natural evolution.

Walk with the dignity of an evolving immortal soul.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles.

Every spirit makes its house, but afterwards the house confines the spirit.

Great men exist that there may be greater men.

The master said: 'At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.'

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Is any man afraid of change? What can take place without change?

A stone became a plant; a plant, an animal; an animal, a human. Why should you fear that death will diminish you?