446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.

There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to do is to give up our habit of regarding as real that which is unreal. All religious practices are meant solely to help us do this.

The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.

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

Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

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.