446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

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

The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realize the Self.

Do what is right at a given moment and leave it behind.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker’s mind towards the one Reality underlying them all.

You can only stop the flow of thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it.

Although the modes of meditation may appear to be different from one another, in the end all of them become one. There is no need to doubt this. One may adopt that path which suits the maturity of one’s mind.

One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.

All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?