Nisargadatta Maharaj

"You cannot find yourself through seeking; you can only be yourself."

"The sense of presence is the doorway to your true self."

"When the mind is quiet, truth shines forth."

"You are not born; the body is born. You are eternal."

"The greatest love is the love of your own true nature."

"Attachment to beliefs binds you; releasing beliefs frees you."

"What you think you are is not what you are."

"Reality is simple; complexity comes from the mind's projections."

"Your true nature is untouched by any experience."

"The desire for happiness prevents the experience of happiness."

"Words can only point; they cannot capture reality."

"What am I? You are that which witnesses all experience."

"The body-mind is like a wave in the ocean of consciousness."

"All seeking arises from forgetting who you truly are."

"Peace is your natural state; turbulence is only a temporary disturbance."

"You are prior to all experience, thought, and sensation."

"The only real transformation is the transformation of understanding."

"Your true nature is independent of time and space."

"All suffering is rooted in the illusion of separation."

"To transcend the mind, you must first understand the mind."

"What you seek is what you are; stop looking for it elsewhere."

"The world is God's dream; you are God dreaming."

"Your essence is untouched by any life circumstances."

"Knowledge of the self dissolves all ignorance."

"The observer is the observed; there is no separation."

"What is real does not change; what changes is not real."

"You are not limited by time; time is limited by you."

"All doubt vanishes when the self knows itself."

"Your true home is in the heart, not in the mind."

"The mind creates both bondage and the illusion of freedom."