The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature. (Sri Aurobindo)

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Sri Aurobindo

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