Quotes from Ramana Maharshi

The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is 'I'; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.

That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.

Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.

The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this or as that. The very thought of thinking will end in bondage.

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.

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

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc. Time is immaterial for the Path of Knowledge.

If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.

Love is verily the heart of all religions.

As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one's natural, original state.

Silence is also conversation.

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.

There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.