"The Hindu procession of ten Avatars is itself a parable of evolution. First the Fish Avatar, then the amphibious Animal between land and water, then the land animal, then the Man-Lion, the organic link between beast and man; then the dwarf Man, Vamana, the first concept of humanity; then the violent and destructive Man, Rama of the Axe, clearing the way; then the divinely mental man, Rama, who establishes the law of Righteousness; then the Avatar of ecstasy, beauty and love, Krishna, who leads humanity to the spiritual plane; then the Buddha, who shows the way out of the cosmic illusion; and finally the Avatar of the future, who brings the descent of the Truth down into the material world."

— Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga - I

"Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word of the Mind, nor is man the highest term of Nature. As man came out of the animal, so out of man shall come the super-man... If man is incapable of exceeding himself, then he will be left behind and a new species will take his place."

— Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine