Ramana Maharshi Quotes

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.

Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.

There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.

The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.

Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.

We are in our Self. We are not in the world.

Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.

The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the 'I'-thought rises

When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.

All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.

If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.

The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the "I."

Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.

The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.

Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.

All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.

The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?

God's grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.

See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.

Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of bliss.

The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, "To whom did this thought arise?"

Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.

Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.

Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.

Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.

You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.

The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.

Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite 'I'. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.

Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?

When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.

By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.

Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.

Knowing the Self, God is known.

If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.

The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand.

The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world

Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.