Sri Ramana Maharshi

"Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world."

"Silence is also conversation."

"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."

"There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality."

"Love is not something to be acquired. It is already within you."

"Patience is the ornament of the brave."

"Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it."

"The mind is only a projection of the Self."

"Hold on to nothing. Let go of everything."

"The world is illusory; Brahman alone is real; the world is a projection of the mind."

"Knowledge leads to unity; ignorance to diversity."

"When the mind is transcended, the heart is revealed."

"Be as you are."

"Your work will be like a drug to you if you become attached to it."

"Strength is the ultimate weakness."

"Ask yourself the question: Who is it that experiences all these changes of body, senses, mind, and intellect?"

"Surrender is the grace of God working through you."

"The greatest religion is to love one another."

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

"Fear is the root of all troubles."

"Inspiration comes, but you have to be in a state of grace to receive it."

"The mind creates the world."

"Nothing real can be threatened; nothing unreal exists."

"Gratitude is the natural response to being loved."

"The only true knowledge is to know oneself."

"What is the use of knowing the date of the flood, if you do not know how to swim?"

"Love and fear cannot coexist."

"There is no greater bliss than seclusion."

"The Self is not reached by the intellect, but by surrender."

"Seek within; the answer is there."