Ramana Maharshi

“Don't keep away from the Self, in which case you will be running after the body, the mind, and the world.”

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

“Whoever has realised the truth of his own being, all his desires are cut off, and he is at peace.”

“If a thought arises, do not pursue it. Inquire to whom this thought has come. To you. Who are you?”

“There is no rebirth either now or hereafter for him who knows the Self.”

“The dream of life and death will vanish, but you will remain.”

“Discover the Self even now. It is the truth that there is a Self which is the witness of these three states and is apart from them.”

“The pure I is reality, the absolute. Existence-Knowledge-Bliss.”

“If through enquiry the Self could be reached, it follows that the Self was not there.”

“What we have to do is to find out our origin and abide there.”

“Bring the mind back from those wanderings, and abide in the Self.”

“All troubles are due to thoughts. Trace the source of these thoughts and abide there. Then there is no further trouble.”

“The Self is always realized. There is no need to seek to realize what is already and always realized. For you cannot deny your own existence.”

“Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may.”

“Your duty is to be and not to do this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth.”

“The body is composed of the five elements; it is destined to perish. But you are eternal.”

“What is the Heart? It is not the physical heart. It is the Self.”

“Where there is duality, one sees the other; one hears the other; one knows the other. But where there is no other to be seen, no other to be heard, no other to be known — there is the highest state.”

“Repetition of the question 'Who am I?' is mere mantra. Inquiry is to seek the source of the thought.”