446 Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

They say that there are many saints in Tibet who remain in solitude and are still very helpful to the world... “It can be so. Realisation of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forest only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations.

God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.

Everything in the world was my Guru.

Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.

The peace of mind which permeates the saint’s atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint.

All that is needed is that you give up your realisation of the not-true as true.

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.

One who knows the secret of that LOVE finds the world full of Universal Love.

Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.