446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.

The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names. Gold made into various ornaments, we call by various names. But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold. The one is real, the many are mere names and forms.

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

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.

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.

Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?

There is neither past nor future. There is only the present. Yesterday was the present to you when you experienced it, and tomorrow will be also the present when you experience it. Therefore, experience takes place only in the present, and beyond experience nothing exists.

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.