446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

How is breath control the means for mind control? M: There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control, because the mind, like breath, is a part of air, because the nature of mobility is common to both, because the place of origin is the same for both, and because when one of them is controlled the other gets controlled.

Whatever draws the mind outward is unspiritual and whatever draws the mind inward is spiritual.

When the I is divested of the I, only the I remains.

Of all yogins, only he who rests his unwavering mind and love in me is dear to me.

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.

Mind your business. Take care of what you came here for. Find the ‘I’ first and you may afterwards speak of other matters.

Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.

The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace; make it free from distractions; train it to look inward; make this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind.

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”