Who Am I? Quotes

“We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?

“Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?

“All living beings desire to be happy always, without any misery.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

“one-pointed and strong; for such a mind Self-inquiry will become easy. Of all the restrictive rules, that relating to the taking of sattvic food in moderate quantities is the best; by observing this rule, the sattvic quality of mind will increase, and that will be helpful to Self-inquiry.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The mind always exists only in dependence on something gross; it cannot stay alone. It is the mind that is called the subtle body or the soul (jiva).”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?

“After negating all of the above mentioned as ‘not this’, ‘not this’, that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?

“We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from objects.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

“When the world disappears, i.e., when there is no thought, the mind experience happiness; and when the world appears, it goes through misery.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Inquiring into the nature of one’s self that is in bondage, and realising one’s true nature is liberation.”
― Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi