Top 180 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2. “Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

3. “Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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4. “The nature of life is to grow.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

5. “The secret of success is conviction and persistence.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

6. “There is nothing in life to take seriously except the joy of life.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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7. “Be happy, healthy, and let all that love flow through your heart.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

8. “Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

9. “The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

10. “Rest and activity are the steps of progress.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

11. “The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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12. “Nature supports right action.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

13. “Knowledge is structured in consciousness.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

14. “1-Don’t analyze. 2-Don’t complain. 3-Don’t compare yourself to others. 4-Don’t expect things to be done for you. 5-Don’t expect perfection in the relative. 6-Look to the knowledge aspect daily. 7-Own the movement. 8-Problems are all in your head. 9-Hold yourself together.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

15. “What you see you become.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

16. “The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around it.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

17. “We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

18. “See the job, do the job, stay out of the misery.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

19. “From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

20. “Established in Being, perform action.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

21. “Inner life is Divine.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

22. “Water the root to enjoy the fruit.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

23. “The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

24. “Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

25. “Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action, Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge, Knowledge is structured in consciousness.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

26. “The power of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

27. “Love opens all doors, no matter how tightly closed they may be, no matter how rusty from lack of use. Your work is to bring unity and harmony, to open all those doors which have been closed for a long time. Have patience and tolerance. Open your heart all the time.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

28. “When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

29. “If world peace is to be established, peace in the individual must be established first. Transcendental Meditation directly brings peace in the individual life.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

30. “The highest state is laughter.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

31. “A comfortable and regulated life is needed for fastest pace of evolution.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

32. “The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

33. “Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analyzing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf by treating the leaf itself, whereas the solution lies in watering the root.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

34. “Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

35. “Consciousness, fully awake to itself, is the Light of God.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

36. “Outside is the joy of the drop. Inside is the joy of the ocean.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

37. “Know what you want, decide when you want it, figure your plan of action, follow through on it, and never doubt.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

38. “Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

39. “Nature knows best how to organise.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

40. “It may take a little self-discipline – be simple, be kind, stay rested. Attend to your own inner-health and happiness.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

41. “The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness – enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

42. “Integrated is the expression of knowledge: an assembly is significant in Unity: united are their minds in the silent dynamism of all possibilities.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

43. “Every thought, speech, and action of a person influences everything in the environment.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

44. “Responsibility can never be given. It can only be taken.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

45. “Where is the money going to come from? From wherever it is at the moment.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

46. “About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

47. “Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

48. “It is the purity of man’s heart and mind, and his innocent and faithful approach to action with the purpose of all good to everyone, which really succeeds in yielding maximum results with minimum effort.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

49. “Meditation is the only means to the harmonious development of the body, mind and soul.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

50. “Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi