Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 1. 1933-34
Fragment ID: 16386
1934
If I remain withdrawn an intense peace is felt. The mind gives too high a value to it and thinks that without it there can be no possibility of going even one step further.
One can go forward even if there is not peace – quietude and concentration are necessary. Peace is necessary for the higher states to develop.