Sri Ramana Maharshi

"The body will go. What will remain? That which never came and never goes."

"Kindness is remembering that all beings seek only happiness and peace, just as you do."

"Meditation is not doing something. It is the ceasing of all doing, the natural state."

"Your real enemy is not outside you. It is your own mind, your own thoughts and desires."

"The purpose of life is not to achieve goals, but to awaken to what you truly are."

"Art is most beautiful when it arises spontaneously from a peaceful, uncluttered mind."

"Power over others is weakness. True power is power over your own mind."

"Relationships are mirrors for self-knowledge. They show you what you have yet to understand."

"Money has no power. The power is in your belief about money. Change the belief, and money becomes irrelevant."

"Health is the natural state when there is no resistance to life. Illness comes from saying 'no' to what is."

"Adventure is not in traveling to distant lands, but in penetrating the depths of your own being."

"Imagination is the mind's play with possibilities. Wisdom is knowing which possibilities are true."

"Technology changes forms, but consciousness remains unchanged. Do not let tools become masters."

"History repeats because human nature repeats. Only self-understanding breaks the cycle."

"The greatest injustice is ignorance of your own true nature. Realize it, and all injustice falls away."

"Perseverance in seeking truth is the only perseverance that matters."

"Gratitude is recognizing that even difficulties are gifts for your awakening."

"Creativity flows when the personal mind gets out of the way and lets universal intelligence work."

"Leadership is not commanding others. It is living your truth so authentically that others are inspired."

"Work becomes worship when done without attachment to results and with full presence."

"Dreams and waking are both equally unreal to the one who knows the self."

"Humor arises naturally when you see the cosmic joke of seeking yourself everywhere but within."

"Beauty exists only in the eye of the beholder. Change yourself, and all beauty multiplies."

"Death is no more real than sleep. Just as you wake from sleep, you will wake from death."

"The only real motivation is the urge to return home to your true self."

"Inspiration comes not from external sources but from the depths of your own being."

"In solitude, remove all thoughts and simply be. There you find the company of your true self."

"The sun does not ask if darkness will believe in it. Truth needs no testimony."

"Every wall you build to protect yourself becomes a prison. Let down your defenses and feel free."

"Hope is hope. Hopelessness is also hope in failure. Transcend both and abide in peace."