Top 280 Ramana Maharshi Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “3. It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.”

— Ramana Maharshi

252. “Thoughts of bondage and of freedom last only as long as one feels, ‘I am bound’. When one enquires of oneself, ‘Who am I, the bound one?’ the Self, Eternal, ever free, remains. The thought of bondage goes; and with it goes the thought of freedom too.”

— Ramana Maharshi

253. “Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.”

— Ramana Maharshi

254. “There is nothing like ‘within’ or ‘without.’ Both mean either the same thing or nothing.”

— Ramana Maharshi

255. “In the middle of the Heart-cave the pure Brahman is directly manifest as the Self in the form of ‘I-I’.”

— Ramana Maharshi

256. “Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.”

— Ramana Maharshi

257. “If the light of the sun is invisible to the owl it is only the fault of that bird and not of the sun.”

— Ramana Maharshi

258. “How is breath control the means for mind control? M: There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control, because the mind, like breath, is a part of air, because the nature of mobility is common to both, because the place of origin is the same for both, and because when one of them is controlled the other gets controlled.”

— Ramana Maharshi

259. “Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.”

— Ramana Maharshi

260. “When the I is divested of the I, only the I remains.”

— Ramana Maharshi

261. “The ultimate Truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that need be said. till, it is a wonder that to teach this simple Truth there should come into being so many religions, creeds, methods and disputes among them and so on! Oh the pity! Oh the pity!”

— Ramana Maharshi

262. “They say that there are many saints in Tibet who remain in solitude and are still very helpful to the world... “It can be so. Realisation of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forest only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations.”

— Ramana Maharshi

263. “I do not consider anyone to be my disciple. I have never sought upadesh from anyone nor do I give ceremonial upadesh. If the people call themselves my disciples I do not approve or disapprove.”

— Ramana Maharshi

264. “The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker’s mind towards the one Reality underlying them all.”

— Ramana Maharshi

265. “When the mind that is subtle goes out through the brain and the sense-organs, the gross names and forms appear; when it stays in the Heart, the names and forms disappear.”

— Ramana Maharshi

266. “Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.”

— Ramana Maharshi

267. “If it is asked whether the wise man derives any benefit from the discharge of domestic duties, it may be answered that, as he has already attained the state of complete satisfaction which is the sum total of all benefits and the highest good of all, he does not stand to gain anything more by discharging family duties.”

— Ramana Maharshi

268. “It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.”

— Ramana Maharshi

269. “Finally there comes a stage when a person feels helpless notwithstanding the sadhanas. He is unable to pursue the much-cherished sadhana also. It is then that Gods power is realized. The self reveals itself.”

— Ramana Maharshi

270. “What introverted mind calls peace, outside as power is shown; Those who have reached and found this truth, their unity have known.”

— Ramana Maharshi

271. “All religions first postulate three principles, the world, the soul and God. To say that one principle alone appears as the three principles or that the three principles are always three principles is possible only as long as the ego exists.1.”

— Ramana Maharshi

272. “Be equally indifferent to both and abide in the faith of God. That will be so only when one’s faith is strong that God looks after all of us.”

— Ramana Maharshi

273. “The peace of mind which permeates the saint’s atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint.”

— Ramana Maharshi

274. “That which is worth taking up is the self-enquiry that reveals jnana; that which is worth enjoying is the grandeur of the Self; that which is worth renouncing is the ego-mind; that in which it is worth taking refuge, to eliminate sorrow completely, is one’s own source, the Heart.”

— Ramana Maharshi

275. “Because of the grades in misery and happiness, the released ones, the jivanmuktas and videhamuktas, may be spoken of as belonging to four categories – Brahmavid, Brahmavara, Brahmavariya and Brahmavarishtha. But these distinctions are from the standpoint of the others who look at them; in reality, however, there are no distinctions in release gained through jnana.”

— Ramana Maharshi

276. “All that is needed is that you give up your realisation of the not-true as true.”

— Ramana Maharshi

277. “Although the modes of meditation may appear to be different from one another, in the end all of them become one. There is no need to doubt this. One may adopt that path which suits the maturity of one’s mind.”

— Ramana Maharshi

278. “Action and knowledge are not obstacles to each other.”

— Ramana Maharshi

279. “One can know oneself only with one’s own eye of knowledge, and not with somebody else’s. Does he who is Rama require the help of a mirror to know that he is Rama?”

— Ramana Maharshi

280. “Of all yogins, only he who rests his unwavering mind and love in me is dear to me.”

— Ramana Maharshi

281. “What the mind has to do is not to suggest a reply, but to remain quiet so that the true reply can arise.”

— Ramana Maharshi

282. “Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”

— Ramana Maharshi

283. “We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”

— Ramana Maharshi

284. “How can the intellect which can never reach the Self be competent to ascertain, and much less decide the nature of the final state of Realization? It is like trying to measure the sunlight at its source by the standard of the light given by a candle. The wax will melt down before the candle comes anywhere near.”

— Ramana Maharshi

285. “Did you know your kinsmen before their birth that you should seek to know them after their death?”

— Ramana Maharshi

286. “As all living beings desire to be happy always, without misery, as in the case of everyone there is observed supreme love for one’s self, and as happiness alone is the cause for love, in order to gain that happiness which is one’s nature and which is experienced in the state of deep sleep when there is no mind, one should know one’s self. For that, the path of knowledge, the inquiry of the form “Who am I?“, is the principal means.”

— Ramana Maharshi

287. “The intricate maze of philosophy of the various schools is said to clarify matters and to reveal the Truth, but in fact it creates confusion where none need exist. To understand anything there must be the Self. The Self is obvious, so why not remain as the Self? What need to explain the non-self?”

— Ramana Maharshi