KAṬHA UPANISHAD · 2.3.7
इन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनो मनसः सत्त्वमुत्तमम् ।
सत्त्वादधि महानात्मा महतोऽव्यक्तमुत्तमम् ॥ ७॥
indriyebhyaḥ paraṃ mano manasaḥ sattvamuttamam ।
sattvādadhi mahānātmā mahato’vyaktamuttamam ॥ 7॥
The mind is higher than the senses, and above the mind is the thought, and above the thought is the mighty Spirit, and above the Mighty One is the Unmanifest.
Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, p. 124