446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.

Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.

Then all this earth shines like one house.

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

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

Controlling speech and breath, and diving deep within oneself – like one who, to find a thing that has fallen into water, dives deep down – one must seek out the source whence the aspiring ego springs.

Peace is your natural state. It is your mind that destroys it.

Solitude is in the mind of man. One might be in the thick of the world and maintain serenity of mind; such a one is in solitude. Another may stay in a forest, but still be unable to control his mind. He cannot be said to be in solitude. Solitude is a function of the mind. A man attached to desire cannot get solitude wherever he may be; a detached man is always in solitude.

The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.