Nisargadatta Maharaj

"The past is memory; the future is imagination."

"Nothing external can diminish your wholeness."

"Hope and fear are two sides of the same coin."

"True strength is in accepting impotence."

"Relationships are mirrors of your consciousness."

"There is no one to change."

"Your real family is all of humanity."

"Perseverance is not effort but surrender."

"Beauty lies in seeing the eternal in form."

"Leadership is serving others without ego."

"Dreams within dreams keep you bound."

"The joke is on the one seeking."

"Faith is knowing without evidence."

"Your solitude is your truest companion."

"Art expresses the ineffable."

"Science and spirituality need not conflict."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"History repeats because the mind repeats."

"Justice is the recognition of universal self."

"Motivation comes from false identification."

"Inspiration is remembering what you always knew."

"What you seek is seeking you."

"Nature reflects your inner state."

"Technology is extension of the mind."

"Politics divides the indivisible."

"War begins in the heart."

"Your greatest teacher is your resistance."

"Knowledge of self supersedes all other knowledge."

"Literature preserves the voice of experience."

"The ultimate teaching cannot be taught."