"Question: Is it right to say that those who know French will be able to serve the Mother better in the years to come?

Answer: It is mostly that it brings a certain closeness to one side of the Mother.”

Sri Aurobindo

  SABCL/25/The Mother/p-368-369

            “Sri Aurobindo had a great liking for France. I was born there – certainly for a reason. In my case, I know it very well: it was the need of culture, of a clear and precise mind, of refined thought, taste and clarity of mind – there is no other country in the world for that. None. And Sri Aurobindo had a liking for France for that same reason, a great liking. He used to say that throughout his (fourteen years) life in England, he had a much greater liking for France than for England!”

The Mother

The Mother’s Agenda/July 3, 1963

            "Sri Aurobindo aimait beaucoup la France. Je suis née là-bas – il y a certainement une raison. Pour moi, je sais très bien: c'était la nécessité de la culture, de l’esprit clair, précis; du raffinement de la pensée, du goût, et de la clarté d'esprit – il n'y a pas de pays au monde comme cela. Il n'y en a pas. Et Sri Aurobindo aimait la France à cause de cela aussi, beaucoup-beaucoup. Il disait que pendant toute sa vie en Angleterre, il aimait beaucoup plus la France que l’Angleterre!"

 La Mère

L'Agenda de Mère/3 juillet 1963             

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“Everything can be part of “sadhana”; it depends on the inner attitude. Naturally, if one lets himself be invaded by the Western atmosphere, farewell to the sadhana. But even in the most materialistic milieu, if one retains one’s aspiration and one’s faith in the Divine Life, the sadhana can and should continue.”

The Mother

TMCW-14/Words of the Mother-II/p-44

            “In the West the physical mind is too dominant, so that the psychic does not so easily get a chance — except of course in exceptional  people.”

Sri Aurobindo

CWSA-31/Letters on Yoga-IV/p-8

 

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