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Perseverance: the decision to go to the very end.<ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the mother Mother 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p1</ref>

Perseverance is patience in action.<refcenter>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the mother 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p2~</refcenter>

Perseverance breaks down in the path is the one rule to cling to and with that finally all obstaclesare overcome.<ref>The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032013). Patience and Perseverance. In "Words of the mother Letters on yoga 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1429/patience-and-perseverance#p3p7 </ref>

Perseverance in the path is the one rule to cling to and with that finally all obstacles are overcome.<refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In ''Letters on yoga 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-perseverance#p7 ~</refcenter>

Persevere―it Perseverance is the surest way to success. What you have not been able to achieve patience in you last year, you will do this yearaction. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In ''"Words of the mother Mother 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p5 p2</ref>

Learn steadiness of character, perseverance. <refcenter>The Mother. (2003). 22 march 1957. In ''Questions and answers (1957 - 1958). ''http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/22-march-1957#p19 </ref> One must Persevere and hold fast. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 january 1957. In "Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/30-january-1957#p24 ~</refcenter>

= Persevere―it is the surest way to success. What you have not been able to achieve in you last year, you will do this year. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Perseverance is a Process =. In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p5 </ref>

It takes time, steadfast endeavour, long continued aspiration and a calm perseverance to get anywhere in Yoga; that time you do not give yourself because of these recurrent swingings away from the right attitude. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Attacks by the hostile forces. In "Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/attacks-by-the-hostile-forces#p16 ~</refcenter>

You must Persevere The source of sincerity, of will, of perseverance is in the psychic being, but this translates itself differently in your effort until you do succeeddifferent people. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). 11 june 193526 March 1951. In ''More "Questions and answers from the mother''(1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1704/1126-junemarch-19351951#p2 p27 </ref>

You must be sincere in your perseverance<nowikicenter>; then the things you cannot do today, you will one day be able to do, after regular and persistent efforts.~</nowiki> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 4 january 1972. In "More answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/17/4-january-1972#p1 </refcenter>

You must first have a great deal of The psychic being works with perseverance in the search, for usually when one begins searching and ardour for these things the mind comes union to give a hundred and one favourable explanations for your not needing to search. It tells you, "Why no, it is not at all your fault; it is this, it is that, it is the circumstances, it is the people, these are things received from outside—all kinds of excellent excuses, which, unless you are very firm in your resolution, make you let gobe made an accomplished fact, and then but it is finished; never complains and so, after a short time the whole business has knows how to be started again, wait for the bad impulse or the thing you didn't want, the movement you didn't want, comes back, and so you must begin everything over again—till the day you decide hour of realisation to perform the operation. When the operation is done it is over, one is freecome. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 16 march 1955The Soul (the Psychic). In "Questions and answers (1955)''Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0714/16the-soul-marchthe-1955psychic#p9 p57 </ref>

If = Why is Perseverance Important? =''Q: Sometimes there are latent powers in us of which we are unaware. To do a work, how is one wants to take the trouble, know whether one can enlarge his field considerably. But is capable of doing it asks for work, for perseverance, a kind of assiduous effort. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 18 may 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)or not?''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/18-may-1955#p88 </ref>

There ''A:'' How can one know whether one is only needed capable of doing it or not! By trying. That's the perseverance best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, persevere. And you must know that if a strong urge, a very strong urge to do something comes to go on till you, that means this resistance breaks downwork has something to do with you and you are capable of doing it.But one can have powers which are so well hidden that one has to dig long before finding them. So you must not get discouraged at the first setback, you must persist. <ref> The Mother. (1998). 14 October 1953. In "Questions and answers (1953)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/14-october-1953#p40 </ref><center>~</center> You must be sincere in your perseverance; then the things you cannot do today, you will one day be able to do, after regular and persistent efforts. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132003). Patience 4 january 1972. In "More answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/17/4-january-1972#p1 </ref> <center>~</center>You must first have a great deal of perseverance in the search, for usually when one begins searching for these things the mind comes to give a hundred and Perseveranceone favourable explanations for your not needing to search. In It tells you, "Letters on yoga 2Why no, it is not at all your fault; it is this, it is that, it is the circumstances, it is the people, these are things received from outside—all kinds of excellent excuses, which, unless you are very firm in your resolution, make you let go, and then it is finished; and so, after a short time the whole business has to be started again, the bad impulse or the thing you didn't want, the movement you didn't want, comes back, and so you must begin everything over again—till the day you decide to perform the operation. When the operation is done it is over, one is free. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 16 march 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2907/patience16-andmarch-perseverance1955#p26 p9 </ref>

Persevere There is only needed the perseverance to go on till this resistance breaks down. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and what is still crooked will be made straight-perseverance#p26 </ref> <center>~</center>One has to persevere until the light conquers. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/peace-the-basis-of-the-sadhana#p23 p25 </ref> <center>~</center>If one wants to take the trouble, one can enlarge his field considerably. But it asks for work, for perseverance, a kind of assiduous effort. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 18 may 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/18-may-1955#p88 </ref>

One has to Persevere until the light conquers. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/peace-the-basis-of-the-sadhana#p25 ~</refcenter>

The path of surrender It is indeed difficultpossible that you may not obtain an immediate result, but if one perseveres in it with sincerity, there is bound to be some successpersevere. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132003). The central processes Sleep and Rest. In "Words of the sadhana. In Mother 3"Letters on yoga 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2915/thesleep-central-processes-of-theand-sadhanarest#p19 p25 </ref>

The only course is to shake off the inertia of the will and Persevere. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Surrender. In "Letters on yoga 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/surrender#p90 ~</refcenter>

Unless one has an endless patience A great determination, a strong will and an unshakable untiring perseverance, it is better not are indispensable to start on reach the way of transformationgoal. <ref> The Mother. (2003). TransformationPsychic education and spiritual education. In ''Words of the mother 3''"On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1512/transformationpsychic-education-and-spiritual-education#p21 p3 </ref>

It is possible that you may not obtain an immediate result, but Persevere. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Sleep and Rest. In ''Words of the mother 3''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/sleep-and-rest#p25 ~</refcenter>

Persevere, and what If you cannot do today persevere you will be able are sure to do tomorrowsucceed. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 11 January 1972Letters to a young sadhak - 7. In ''"Some answers from the mother''Mother". Retrieved from http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/11letters-to-a-young-januarysadhak-1972vii#p9 p7</ref>

Without perseverance one never attains anything. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak - 7. In ''Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-vii#p3 ~</refcenter>

If you Persevere you For a happy and effective life, the essentials are sure to succeedsincerity, humility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress. Above all, one must be convinced of a limitless possibility of progress. Progress is youth; at a hundred years of age one can be young. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak - 7Psychic education and spiritual education. In ''Some answers from the mother''"On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1612/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-viistudents#p7p18 </ref>

Simply aspire with calm and perseverance for the light. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 30 August 1936. In "Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/30-august-1936#p5 ~</refcenter>

You must Persevere with courage The transformation of character has in fact been realised by means of a clear-sighted discipline and sincerity. You are sure to succeed one daya perseverance so obstinate that nothing, not even the most persistent failures, can discourage it. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 2 September 1962Vital Education. In "Some answers from the mother''On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1612/2-septembervital-1962education#p3 p5 </ref>

For each person the way differs in its details, but sincerity and perseverance are equally indispensable for all. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 6 May 1964. In "Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/6-may-1964#p4 ~</refcenter>

The Mother's force is there with you even when you do not feel it. Trust to itLearn steadiness of character, remain quiet and Persevereperseverance. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Wrong Movements of the Vital22 march 1957. In "Letters on yoga 4''Questions and answers (1957 - 1958). "http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3109/wrong-movements-of22-themarch-vital1957#p22 p19 </ref>

A great determination, a strong will and an untiring perseverance are indispensable to reach the goal. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In "On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-and-spiritual-education#p3 ~</refcenter>

For If you have a happy mantra and effective lifedo not repeat it sufficiently, the essentials there is no use in having it and that if you are sincerityinattentive, humilityyou lose the benefit of vigilance, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress. Above allthat if you do not continue in the good habits that you acquire, they are useless—that is to say, one you must be convinced of a limitless possibility of progress. Progress is youth; at a hundred years of age one can be youngpersevere. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). Psychic education and spiritual educationImpurity. In "On education''Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1203/studentsimpurity#p18 p26 </ref>

The source Whatever method of sinceritydevelopment is chosen, of will, of determination and perseverance is in the psychic being, but this translates itself differently in different peopleare indispensable to obtain success. <ref> The Mother. (20022003). 26 March 1951Concentration and Dispersion. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0412/26concentration-marchand-1951dispersion#p27 p5 </ref>

The psychic being works with perseverance and ardour for the union to be made an accomplished fact, but it never complains and knows how to wait for the hour of realisation to come. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). The Soul (the Psychic). In "Words of the mother 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/the-soul-the-psychic#p57 ~</refcenter>

= It is by persevering that one conquers difficulties, not by running away from them. One who perseveres is sure to triumph. Victory goes to the most enduring. Always do your best and the Lord will take care of the results. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance . In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in Yoga =/cwm/14/perseverance#p10 </ref>

For all those who are destined to find their inner being, the truth of their being, there is always at least one moment in life when they were no longer the same, perhaps just like a lightning-flash—but that is enough. It indicates the road one should take, it is the door that opens on this path. And so you must go through the door, and with perseverance and an unfailing steadfastness seek to renew the state which will lead you to something more real and more total. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 26 Dec 1956. In "Questions and answers (1956)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/26-december-1956#p21 ~</refcenter>

The road of Yoga You may not know at every moment what is longthe best thing to do or how to do it, every inch but you can place your will at the disposal of ground has the Divine to be won against much resistance and no quality is more needed by do the best possible, the sadhak than patience best thing possible. You will see it will have marvelous results. Do this with consciousness, sincerity and single-minded perseverance and you will find yourself getting along with a faith that remains firm through all difficulties, delays and apparent failuresgigantic strides. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132002). Patience and Perseverance17 february 1950. In "Letters on yoga 2''. Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)" http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2904/patience17-andfebruary-perseverance1951#p3 p21 </ref>

All the methods of self-knowledge, self-control and self-mastery are good. You have to choose the one that comes to you spontaneously and best corresponds to your nature. And once having chosen the method, you must use your intelligent will to apply it with an unfailing perseverance that does not shrink from any obstacle, any difficulty. It is a long and minute work which must be undertaken with sincerity and continued with an increasing sincerity ever more scrupulous and integral. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 28 July 1960. In "Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/28-july-1960#p4 ~</refcenter>

Aspire When you want to progress, the difficulty you want to conquer immediately increases tenfold in importance and intensity in your consciousness. There is but to Persevere and , that's all . It will come with the growing consciousnesspass. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20122003). The true being and the true consciousness21 August 1957. In "Letters on yoga 1''Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2809/the21-trueaugust-being-and-the-true-consciousness1957#p8 p12 </ref>

Where the call of the soul perseveres, the response of the Divine must come. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2012). Doubt and Faith. In "Letters on yoga 1''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/doubt-and-faith#p12 ~</refcenter>

Grant us the rectitude, the courage, the With patience and perseverance and the goodwill necessary to accomplish this sublime taskall prayers get fulfilled. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Replies to Prayers Patience. In "Words of the Physical Education Groups. In Mother 2"On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1214/replies-to-prayers-of-the-physical-education-groupspatience#p34 p10 </ref>

=== Perseverance No victory can be won without a fixed fidelity to the aim and a long effort. There is no other way than to Persevere. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Human Relations and the Spiritual Life. In "Letters on yoga 4" http://incarnateword.in Concentration ===/cwsa/31/human-relations-and-the-spiritual-life#p39 </ref>

Persevere in your concentration till you come to the point when you no longer lose the inner contact. <refcenter> The Mother. (2002). 25 Dec 1950. In ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/25-december-1950#p18 ~</refcenter>

To attain that concentration much effort Persevere and what is necessary; an immediate or even a quick result is rarely possible. But if the inner door has once been opened, you may still crooked will be sure that it will open again if you know how to Perseveremade straight. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022013). 25 Dec 1950Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0429/25peace-the-decemberbasis-of-the-1950sadhana#p21 p23 </ref>

<span style="color: #000000;">To transform One must persevere till the vital result comes and if one must have will, perseverance, sincerityperseveres the result is bound to come. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022014). 26 March 1951Dealing with Hostile Attacks. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0431/26dealing-with-marchhostile-1951attacks#p26 p53 </ref>

One has to Persevere till one can stand back from the mind as from the vital and feel the deeper and larger mental and vital Purushas within one which are capable of silence, capable of a straight receptivity of the true Word and Force as of the true silence <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Mental Difficulties and the Need of Quietude. In ''Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.== Importance in/cwsa/31/mental-difficulties-and-the-need-of-quietude#p3 </ref>Yoga ==

It is always the vital being which protests Unless one has an endless patience and complains. The psychic being works with an unshakable perseverance and ardour to make the union an accomplished fact, but it never complains, and knows how is better not to wait for start on the hour way of realisations to cometransformation. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak -4Transformation. In "Some answers from Words of the mother''Mother 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1615/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-ivtransformation#p18 p21 </ref>

One must be more obstinate than the obstinate material nature and Persevere until the light and truth can take permanent hold of the parts which are still responsive to the old movements. There can be no doubt that with this perseverance the Truth will in the end conquer. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Wrong Movements of the Vital. In "Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/wrong-movements-of-the-vital#p75 ~</refcenter>

There For all those who are destined to find their inner being, the truth of their being, there is always at least one moment in life when they were no easy way to get over physical animality and vital greedlonger the same, perhaps just like a lightning-flash—but that is enough. It indicates the road one should take, it is only the door that opens on this path. And so you must go through the door, and with perseverance and an obstinate perseverance that can succeedunfailing steadfastness seek to renew the state which will lead you to something more real and more total. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Greed 26 Dec 1956. In "Questions and answers (for Food1956). In "Words of the mother 2''.http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1408/greed26-fordecember-food1956#p13 p21 </ref>

perseverance is necessary in any process, and what is this process? First, there must be the ability to observe and discern, the ability to find the vital in oneself. <refcenter> The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p7 ~</refcenter>

To work for your perfection, All the first step is to become conscious methods of yourselfself-knowledge, of the different parts of your being self-control and their respective activitiesself-mastery are good. You must learn have to distinguish these different parts choose the one from another, so that comes to you may become clearly aware of the origin of spontaneously and best corresponds to your nature. And once having chosen the movements that occur in youmethod, the many impulses, reactions and conflicting wills that drive you must use your intelligent will to actionapply it with an unfailing perseverance that does not shrink from any obstacle, any difficulty. It is an assiduous study a long and minute work which demands much perseverance must be undertaken with sincerity and continued with an increasing sincerityever more scrupulous and integral. <ref> The Mother. (2003). The Science of Living28 July 1960. In "On education''Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1216/the28-science-ofjuly-living1960#p5 p4 </ref>

If the education of the vital is carried far enough, with perseverance and sincerity, there comes a time when, convinced of the greatness and beauty of the goal, the vital gives up petty and illusory sensorial satisfactions in order to win the divine delight. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). The Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. In ''On education'' http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberations#p31 ~</refcenter>

The transformation road of character Yoga is long, every inch of ground has in fact been realised to be won against much resistance and no quality is more needed by means of a clearthe sadhak than patience and single-sighted discipline and minded perseverance with a perseverance so obstinate faith that nothingremains firm through all difficulties, not even the most persistent delays and apparent failures, can discourage it. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032013). Vital EducationPatience and Perseverance. In "On education''Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1229/vitalpatience-and-educationperseverance#p5 p3 </ref>

Sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self-control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. Parents, have a high ideal and always act in accordance with it and you will see that little by little your child will reflect this ideal in himself and spontaneously manifest the qualities you would like to see expressed in his nature. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Education. In "On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/education#p5 ~</refcenter>

If you make a mistakeIt takes time, steadfast endeavour, quietly observe it long continued aspiration and correct the tendency next a calm perseverance to get anywhere in Yoga; that time. Even if you do not give yourself because of these recurrent swingings away from the mistake recurs often, you have only to Persevere quietly—remembering that nature cannot be changed in a dayright attitude. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Depression and DespondencyAttacks by the hostile forces. In "Letters on yoga 4''". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/depressionattacks-by-the-andhostile-despondencyforces#p67 p16 </ref>

First of all, one must will it. And then one must aspire with great perseverance, and each time the ego shows itself, one must give it a little rap on the nose (Mother taps her nose) until it has received so many raps that it is tired of them and gives up the game. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 28 July 1954. In "Questions and answers (1954)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/28-july-1954#p31 ~</refcenter>

It is from within that you must become master of your lower nature by establishing your consciousness firmly in a domain that is free of all desire Aspire and attachment because it is under the influence of the divine Light persevere and Force. It is a long and exacting labour which must be undertaken all will come with an unfailing sincerity and a tireless perseverancethe growing consciousness.<ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032012). 26 August 1964The true being and the true consciousness. In "Some answers from the mother''Letters on yoga 1". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1628/26the-augusttrue-1964being-and-the-true-consciousness#p4 p8 </ref>

If you have a mantra and do not repeat it sufficiently, there is no use in having it and that if you are inattentive, you lose the benefit of vigilance, and that if you do not continue in the good habits that you acquire, they are useless—that is to say, you must Persevere. <refcenter> The Mother. (2002). Impurity. In "Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/impurity#p26 ~</refcenter>

And if you Persevere, you will see that all Where the call of a sudden you are relieved of a mass of meanness and ugliness and obscurity which was preventing you from flowering in the light. It is those things which make you shrivel upsoul perseveres, prevent you from widening yourself, opening out in a light where you have the impression response of being very comfortable. If you make this effort, you will see finally that you are very far from the point where you had begun, the things you did not feel, did not understand, have become clear. If you are resolved, you are sure to succeedDivine must come. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022012). 8 february 1951Doubt and Faith. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' http://incarnatewordLetters on yoga 1".in/cwm/04/8-february-1951#p18 http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0428/8doubt-februaryand-1951faith#p18 p12 </ref>

Whatever method of development is chosen, determination and perseverance are indispensable to obtain success. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Concentration and Dispersion. In ''On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/concentration-and-dispersion#p5 ~</refcenter>

To change one's body one must be ready to do millions of times the same thing, because the body is a creature of habits and functions by routine, and because to destroy a routine one must Persevere for years. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 30 March 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/30-march-1955#p24 ~</refcenter>

To be constantly mindful of the true nature of the body, not to seek what attain that concentration much effort is evil, to pursue with perseverance what necessary; an immediate or even a quick result is goodrarely possible. But if the inner door has once been opened, is you may be sure that it will open again if you know how to have right understanding; thus, all one's impurity disappearspersevere. <ref> The Mother. (2002). Miscellany25 Dec 1950. In "Questions and answers (1929 1950 - 19311951)''. " http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0304/miscellany25-december-1950#p4 p21 </ref>

And if you persevere, you will see that all of a sudden you are relieved of a mass of meanness and ugliness and obscurity which was preventing you from flowering in the light. It is by persevering those things which make you shrivel up, prevent you from widening yourself, opening out in a light where you have the impression of being very comfortable. If you make this effort, you will see finally that one conquers difficultiesyou are very far from the point where you had begun, the things you did not by running away from themfeel, did not understand, have become clear. One who perseveres is If you are resolved, you are sure to triumph. Victory goes to the most enduring. Always do your best and the Lord will take care of the resultssucceed. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). Perseverance8 february 1951. In ''Words of the mother 2''"Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)" http://incarnateword. in/cwm/04/8-february-1951#p18 http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1404/perseverance8-february-1951#p10 p18 </ref>

You may not know at every moment what is the best thing to do or how to do it, but you can place your will at the disposal of the Divine to do the best possible, the best thing possible. You will see it will have marvelous results. Do this with consciousness, sincerity and perseverance and you will find yourself getting along with gigantic strides. <refcenter> The Mother. (2002). 17 february 1950. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/17-february-1951#p21 ~</refcenter>

Persevere quietly However heavy and let nothing discourage tedious the resistance youhave to persevere till you have got the Peace, Knowledge, Force down there in place of the inertia. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Transformation Difficulties of the PhysicalNature. In "Letters on yoga 4''". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the-transformationdifficulties-of-the-physical-nature#p37 p38 </ref>

Victory is certain if we Persevere and what price of difficulty and endeavour can be too great for such a conquest? <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Hostile Forces and the Difficulties of Yoga. In ''Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the-hostile-forces-and-the-difficulties-of-yoga#p14 ~</refcenter>

Persevere in your aspiration Face all these things [inner disturbances] quietly and effort, do not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks. This always happens firmly with perseverance in the beginningendeavour of the sadhana. But if you continue to fight without paying any attention to them, a day will come when Trust firmly in the resistances give way Divine Grace and the difficulties vanish. My help is always with you, but Divine Grace will not fail you must learn to use it and to rely on it rather than on your own resources. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032013). PerseveranceThe Divine Grace and Guidance. In "Words of the mother Letters on yoga 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1429/perseverancethe-divine-grace-and-guidance#p7 p24 </ref>

The more you advance, the more vigilant must you become. And the most essential quality is perseverance, endurance, and a... what shall I call it?—a kind of inner good humour which helps you not to get discouraged, not to become sad, and to face all difficulties with a smile. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 18 Jan 1956. In ''Questions and answers (1956)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/18-january-1956#p9 ~</refcenter>

With an intensity of will, with perseverance It is a long and meticulous work that indispensable good humour which smiles at difficulties requires much perseverance, but the result is worth the trouble, for it brings not only mastery but also the possibility of the transformation and laughs at mistakes. Then everything will go wellillumination of the consciousness. <ref> The Mother. (20022003). 26 March 195128 August 1969. In "Questions and Some answers (1950 - 1951)''from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0416/2628-marchaugust-19511969#p23 p5 </ref>

When you want to progress, the difficulty you want to conquer immediately increases tenfold in importance and intensity in your consciousness. There is but to Persevere, that's all. It will pass. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 21 August 1957. In "Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/21-august-1957#p12 ~</refcenter>

PersevereIt is not an impossible discipline but it is extremely long and requires an unshakable patience, for it is as if you wanted to build up in you a being, be more a body; and more sincere for that you require first of all the necessary knowledge, but also such a prolonged persistence and perseverance as would discourage many. But it is altogether indispensable if you will succeedwant to take part in the knowledge of your higher being. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). Mistakes Can Be Effaced27 January 1951. In "Words of the mother 2''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1404/mistakes-can27-bejanuary-effaced1951#p7 p21 </ref>

With patience and perseverance all prayers get fulfilled. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Patience. In "Words of the mother 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/patience#p10 ~</refcenter>

When It is not an easy path, you want to make a progresswill need time, the difficulty you wished to conquer increases tenfold in importance and intensity in your consciousnesswill need patience. You have only to Persevere. That is all; it will pass awayneed much endurance, much perseverance and courage and an untiring goodwill. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Face and Overcome Difficulties22 Dec 1954. In "Words of the mother 2''Questions and answers (1954)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1406/face-and22-overcomedecember-difficulties1954#p21 p28 </ref>

Persevere and you will conquer. You can be sure that my help, force and blessings are always with you. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). Face and Overcome Difficulties. In "Words of the mother 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/face-and-overcome-difficulties#p59 ~</refcenter>

One must Persevere till The self-perfection or even simply the result comes and if one perseveres the result self-improvement of each individual body is bound a problem to comebe solved, and its solution demands much patience, perseverance and regularity.<ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Dealing with Hostile AttacksThe Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. In "Letters on yoga 4''On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3112/dealingthe-four-withausterities-and-the-hostilefour-attacksliberations#p53 p16 </ref>

Persevere without being discouraged, the freedom will come. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Ego and Its Forms. In "Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/ego-and-its-forms#p42 ~</refcenter>

Persevere<nowiki>; there is no reason for giving up. Let no uprising of difficulties discourage you. At Patience, perseverance, generosity, broad-mindedness, insight, calm and understanding firmness, and control over the end there ego until it is victory and lasting peacecompletely mastered or even abolished.</nowiki><ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). The Psychic Being and Its Role in SadhanaCorrespondence. In "Letters on yoga 3''. On education" http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3012/the-psychic-being-and-its-role-in-sadhanacorrespondence#p15 p271 </ref>

No victory can be won without a fixed fidelity to the aim and a long effort. There is no other way than to Persevere <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Human Relations and the Spiritual Life. In ''Letters on yoga 4'' http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/human-relations-and-the-spiritual-life#p39 ~</refcenter>

If there are always forces around which are concerned to depress and discourageThe path of surrender is indeed difficult, but if one perseveres in it with sincerity, there are always forces above and around us which we can draw upon,—draw into ourselves is bound to restore, to fill up again with strength and faith and joy and the power that perseveres and conquers be some success. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (20142013). SleepThe central processes of the sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 4''2".http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/3129/sleepthe-central-processes-of-the-sadhana#p75 p19 </ref>

However heavy and tedious the resistance you have to Persevere till you have got the Peace, Knowledge, Force down there in place == Importance of the inertia. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Difficulties of the Physical Nature. In "Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.Perseverance in/cwsa/31/difficulties-of-the-physical-nature#p38 </ref> Vital Being ==

It is only by always the vital being which protests and complains. The psychic being works with perseverance in aspiration or will that this difficulty can disappearand ardour to make the union an accomplished fact, but it never complains, and knows how to wait for the hour of realisations to come.<ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Difficulties of the Physical NatureLetters to a young sadhak -4. In "Letters on yoga 4''Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3116/difficultiesletters-to-ofa-theyoung-physicalsadhak-natureiv#p65 p18 </ref>

What is needed is perseverance—to go on without discouragement, recognising that the process of the nature and the action of the Mother's force is working through the difficulty even and will do all that is needed. <refcenter> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Time and Change of the Nature. In "Letters on yoga 4''. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/time-and-change-of-the-nature#p7 ~</refcenter>

Face all these things [inner disturbances] quietly and firmly with perseverance in the endeavour of To transform the sadhana. Trust firmly in the Divine Grace and the Divine Grace vital one must have will not fail you, perseverance, sincerity. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132002). The Divine Grace and Guidance26 March 1951. In "Letters on yoga 2''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2904/the26-divine-grace-andmarch-guidance1951#p24 p26 </ref>

It is a long and meticulous work that requires much perseverance, but the result is worth the trouble, for it brings not only mastery but also the possibility of the transformation and illumination of the consciousness. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 28 August 1969. In "Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/28-august-1969#p5 ~</refcenter>

= Practice Perseverance It is from within that you must become master of your lower nature by establishing your consciousness firmly in a domain that is free of all desire and attachment because it is under the influence of the divine Light and Force. It is a long and exacting labour which must be undertaken with Patience =an unfailing sincerity and a tireless perseverance. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 26 August 1964. In "Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/26-august-1964#p4 </ref>

There is only one thing that's important: that is a sincere and persistent will, for these things don't happen in a twinkling. So one must Persevere. When someone feels that he is not advancing, he must not get discouraged; he must try to find out what it is in the nature that is opposing, and then make the necessary progress. And suddenly one goes forward. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 17 February 1954. In ''Questions and answers (1954)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/17-february-1954#p6 ~</refcenter>

When one wants to change something of If the material life, whether the character or the functioning education of the organs or habitsvital is carried far enough, one must have an unfaltering with perseveranceand sincerity, be ready to begin again there comes a hundred times time when, convinced of the same thing with greatness and beauty of the same intensity with which one did it goal, the first time vital gives up petty and as though one had never done it beforeillusory sensorial satisfactions in order to win the divine delight. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 March 1955The Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. In ''Questions and answers (1955)''. "On education" http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0712/30the-four-austerities-and-the-marchfour-1955liberations#p22 p31 </ref>

Whatever you do, never forget the goal which you have set before you. There is nothing great or small once you have set out on this great discovery; all things are equally important and can either hasten or delay its success. Thus before you eat, concentrate a few seconds in the aspiration that the food you are about = How to eat may bring your body the substance it needs to serve as a solid basis for your effort towards the great discovery, and give it the energy for persistence and perseverance in the effort. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In "On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-and-spiritual-education#p12 </ref>Cultivate Perseverance? =

You must arm yourself with great patience, great patience, and not think that you are good for nothing because it takes so much time. You must never be despondent, never tell yourself, "Oh! This is not for me!" Everyone can do it, if he puts into it the time, the courage, the endurance and the perseverance that are demanded. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 251 June 1958. In "Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/25-june-1958#p8 </ref>

An untiring patience and a perseverance which assures you that what you have not succeeded in doing today, you will succeed in doing another time, and makes you go on trying until you do succeed. <refcenter> The Mother. (2003). 12 Dec 1956. In "Questions and answers (1956)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/12-december-1956#p47 ~</refcenter>

It Perseverance is not an easy pathnecessary in any process, you will need timeand what is this process? First, you will need patience. You will need much endurancethere must be the ability to observe and discern, much perseverance and courage and an untiring goodwillthe ability to find the vital in oneself. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). 22 Dec 195426 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (19541950 - 1951)''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0604/2226-decembermarch-19541951#p28 p7 </ref>

The most important point (what everybody says but only a few do) is to put into practice what you know. With that you have a good chance of succeeding, and with perseverance you will certainly get there. <refcenter> The Mother. (2002). 5 March 1951. In ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/5-march-1951#p24 ~</refcenter>

It is not an impossible discipline but it is extremely long and requires an unshakable patienceTo work for your perfection, for it the first step is as if you wanted to build up in you a become conscious of yourself, of the different parts of your beingand their respective activities. You must learn to distinguish these different parts one from another, a body; and for so that you require first may become clearly aware of the origin of all the necessary knowledgemovements that occur in you, the many impulses, but also such a prolonged persistence reactions and perseverance as would discourage manyconflicting wills that drive you to action. But it It is altogether indispensable if you want to take part in the knowledge of your higher beingan assiduous study which demands much perseverance and sincerity. <ref> The Mother. (20022003). 27 January 1951The Science of Living. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0412/27the-januaryscience-of-1951living#p21 p5 </ref>

How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not! By trying. That's the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, Persevere. And you must know that if a strong urge, a very strong urge to do something comes to you, that means this work has something to do with you and you are capable of doing it. But one can have powers which are so well hidden that one has to dig long before finding them. So you must not get discouraged at the first setback, you must persist. <refcenter> The Mother. (1998). 14 October 1953. In "Questions and answers (1953)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/14-october-1953#p40 ~</refcenter>

Force which The most important point (what everybody says but only a few do) is here to put into practice what you know. With that you have a good chance of succeeding, and is given consciously, constantly, with an endless perseverance and patience, only for one sole purpose, that of realising the divine workyou will certainly get there. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). 2 June 19545 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (19541950 - 1951)''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0604/25-junemarch-19541951#p24 </ref>

PatienceThe only course is to shake off the inertia of the will and persevere. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Surrender. In "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/surrender#p90 </ref>  <center>~</center> Simply aspire with calm and perseverance for the light. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 30 August 1936. In "Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/30-august-1936#p5 </ref>  <center>~</center> One must be more obstinate than the obstinate material nature and persevere until the light and truth can take permanent hold of the parts which are still responsive to the old movements. There can be no doubt that with this perseverance the Truth will in the end conquer. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Wrong Movements of the Vital. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/wrong-movements-of-the-vital#p75 </ref>  <center>~</center> The Mother's force is there with you even when you do not feel it. Trust to it, remain quiet and persevere. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Wrong Movements of the Vital. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/wrong-movements-of-the-vital#p22 </ref>  <center>~</center> Persevere quietly and let nothing discourage you. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Transformation of the Physical. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the-transformation-of-the-physical#p37 </ref>  <center>~</center> Victory is certain if we persevere and what price of difficulty and endeavour can be too great for such a conquest? <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Hostile Forces and the Difficulties of Yoga. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the-hostile-forces-and-the-difficulties-of-yoga#p14 </ref>  <center>~</center> The more you advance, the more vigilant must you become. And the most essential quality is perseverance, generosityendurance, and a... what shall I call it?—a kind of inner good humour which helps you not to get discouraged, not to become sad, broadand to face all difficulties with a smile. There is an English word which expresses this very well—cheerfulness. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 18 Jan 1956. In "Questions and answers (1956)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/18-mindednessjanuary-1956#p9 </ref> <center>~</center> With an intensity of will, insightwith perseverance and that indispensable good humour which smiles at difficulties and laughs at mistakes. Then everything will go well. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p23 </ref>  <center>~</center> Persevere, be more and more sincere and you will succeed. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Mistakes Can Be Effaced. In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/mistakes-can-be-effaced#p7 </ref>  <center>~</center> Persevere without being discouraged, the freedom will come. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Ego and Its Forms. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/ego-and-its-forms#p42 </ref> <center>~</center> Persevere there is no reason for giving up. Let no uprising of difficulties discourage you. At the end there is victory and lasting peace. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Psychic Being and Its Role in Sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-psychic-being-and-its-role-in-sadhana#p15 </ref>  <center>~</center> If there are always forces around which are concerned to depress and discourage, there are always forces above and around us which we can draw upon,—draw into ourselves to restore, to fill up again with strength and faith and joy and the power that perseveres and conquers. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Sleep. In "Letters on yoga 4".http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/sleep#p75 </ref>  <center>~</center> The habit of remembering and applying one's knowledge at the right moment comes only by a great patience and perseverance which refuses to be discouraged by frequent failure. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Emergence or Coming Forward of the Psychic. In "Letters on yoga 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-emergence-or-coming-forward-of-the-psychic#p42 </ref>  <center>~</center> An untiring patience and a perseverance which assures you that what you have not succeeded in doing today, you will succeed in doing another time, calm and understanding firmnessmakes you go on trying until you do succeed. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 12 Dec 1956. In "Questions and answers (1956)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/12-december-1956#p47 </ref> == Practices == Persevere in your aspiration and effort, do not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks. This always happens in the beginning. But if you continue to fight without paying any attention to them, a day will come when the resistances give way and the difficulties vanish. My help is always with you, but you must learn to use it and to rely on it rather than on your own resources. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p7 </ref>  <center>~</center> If you make a mistake, quietly observe it and correct the tendency next time. Even if the mistake recurs often, you have only to persevere quietly—remembering that nature cannot be changed in a day. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Depression and Despondency. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/depression-and-despondency#p67 </ref>  <center>~</center> First of all, one must will it. And then one must aspire with great perseverance, and control over each time the ego shows itself, one must give it a little rap on the nose (''Mother taps her nose'') until it has received so many raps that it is tired of them and gives up the game. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 28 July 1954. In "Questions and answers (1954)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/28-july-1954#p31 </ref> <center>~</center> What is needed is perseverance—to go on without discouragement, recognising that the process of the nature and the action of the Mother's force is working through the difficulty even and will do all that is needed. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Time and Change of the Nature. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/time-and-change-of-the-nature#p7 </ref>  <center>~</center> Whatever you do, never forget the goal which you have set before you. There is completely mastered nothing great or even abolishedsmall once you have set out on this great discovery; all things are equally important and can either hasten or delay its success. Thus before you eat, concentrate a few seconds in the aspiration that the food you are about to eat may bring your body the substance it needs to serve as a solid basis for your effort towards the great discovery, and give it the energy for persistence and perseverance in the effort. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In "On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-and-spiritual-education#p12 </ref> === For Children === Sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self-control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. Parents, have a high ideal and always act in accordance with it and you will see that little by little your child will reflect this ideal in himself and spontaneously manifest the qualities you would like to see expressed in his nature. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Education. In "On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/education#p5 </ref>  === In the Vital Being === One has to persevere till one can stand back from the mind as from the vital and feel the deeper and larger mental and vital Purushas within one which are capable of silence, capable of a straight receptivity of the true Word and Force as of the true silence. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Mental Difficulties and the Need of Quietude. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/mental-difficulties-and-the-need-of-quietude#p3 </ref> <center>~</center> There is no easy way to get over physical animality and vital greed. It is only an obstinate perseverance that can succeed. <ref> The Mother. (2003). CorrespondenceGreed (for Food). In "Words of the Mother 2".http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/greed-for-food#p13 </ref>  <center>~</center> There is only one thing that's important: that is a sincere and persistent will, for these things don'On educationt happen in a twinkling. So one must persevere. When someone feels that he is not advancing, he must not get discouraged; he must try to find out what it is in the nature that is opposing, and then make the necessary progress. And suddenly one goes forward. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 17 February 1954. In "Questions and answers (1954)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/17-february-1954#p6 </ref> <center>~</center> You must persevere with courage and sincerity. You are sure to succeed one day. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 2 September 1962. In "Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/2-september-1962#p3 </ref> === In the Body === To be constantly mindful of the true nature of the body, not to seek what is evil, to pursue with perseverance what is good, is to have right understanding; thus, all one's impurity disappears. <ref>The Mother. (2002). Miscellany. In "Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/miscellany#p4 </ref> [From Dhammapada] <center>~</center> When one wants to change something of the material life, whether the character or the functioning of the organs or habits, one must have an unfaltering perseverance, be ready to begin again a hundred times the same thing with the same intensity with which one did it the first time and as though one had never done it before. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 March 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/30-march-1955#p22 </ref> <center>~</center> To change one' s body one must be ready to do millions of times the same thing, because the body is a creature of habits and functions by routine, and because to destroy a routine one must persevere for years. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 30 March 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1207/30-march-1955#p24 </ref> <center>~</center> Persevere, and what you cannot do today you will be able to do tomorrow. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 11 January 1972. In "Some answers from the Mother". Retrieved from http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/correspondence11-january-1972#p271 p9 </ref>  '''Content curated by Sejal Thakur'''

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