Nisargadatta Maharaj

"There is no path because you are already there."

"Your acceptance is your liberation."

"The world is like a cinema - you are watching a film. The world is not real; it is a projection of your own mind."

"You are not the mind. The mind is just a projection of consciousness."

"Stop seeking. You are already that which you seek."

"The sense of I am is your first clue to your true nature."

"Love is the only reality; everything else is illusion."

"Your duty is to be, not to do."

"Knowledge leads to unity; ignorance leads to diversity."

"The world exists in your mind only."

"Realize that all suffering comes from identification with the body-mind."

"You came to the world to realize your true self."

"In silence, truth reveals itself."

"The greatest teaching is the teaching of no-teaching."

"Your happiness does not depend on anything outside yourself."

"What you are seeking is what you are already."

"The ego cannot survive honest self-inquiry."

"Freedom is your natural state; bondage is only a concept."

"All problems arise from misidentification with the body and mind."

"You must realize that you are not the doer; action happens through you."

"The observer and the observed are one."

"Your search for happiness outside yourself is futile."

"Consciousness is the only reality that exists."

"What prevents realization is the belief that you are separate from the whole."

"The mind is just a tool; you are the awareness behind it."

"To know yourself, stop trying to know."

"Your true nature is beyond birth and death."

"The world appears and disappears in your consciousness."

"Surrender is the gateway to freedom."

"All concepts divide reality; reality itself is undivided."