98 Quotes About Knowledge-of-the-self

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence arises.   

There are four pillars of liberation (moksha): Knowledge (Gnan), Vision (Darshan), Conduct as the Self (Charitra) and penance (tapa). In this, the Lord has not referred to external penance as penance for liberation. 'He' has referred to inner penance only as the penance for liberation.  

When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there.

Attachment-abhorrence is the foundation for the worldly life and the foundation for ‘Knowledge’ is a state free of all attachments (vitragta).

How much knowledge is there in one Soul (Atma)? However many living beings there are in this world, if the knowledge of all those living beings was to be put together, there is that much knowledge present in one Soul!

God does not consider visible conduct as Conduct of the Self (Charitra). Knowledge-Vision-Conduct (Gnan-Darshan-Charitra) of the Self are such that they cannot be seen through physical eyes; they cannot be discerned directly through the senses. So that Conduct is completely different.

To remain in the awakened awareness state in the midst of the Knower (Gnata) and the object to be known (gneya) is penance itself. For the Knower to not become the object to be known is itself invisible internal penance (adeetha tapa).

The scriptures are the instruments and how to use these instruments is a science itself. One goes wandering around for infinite lives because he doesn’t have the knowledge of this science!