Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Fragment ID: 20349

For Truth is wider, greater than her forms.

A thousand icons they have made of her

And find her in the idols they adore;

But she remains herself and infinite.¹

“They” means nobody in particular but corresponds to the French “On dit” meaning vaguely “people in general”. This is a use permissible in English; for instance, “They say you are not so scrupulous as you should be.”

1948

¹ P. 276

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