Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth; the method is summed up in 'be still.'

No one succeeds without effort... Mind control is not your birthright. Those who have succeeded owe their success to perseverance.

The question 'Who am I?' is not meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.

Silence is also conversation.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.

Mind is a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts arise because there is the thinker. The thinker is the ego.

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

The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The 'I'-thought is the root. When the 'I'-thought is traced back to its source, the mind vanishes.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the whole world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

Let what comes come, let what goes go. Find out what remains.

You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.

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

The Heart is the center from which everything springs.

Realization is not a new acquisition. It is the removal of the false belief that you are not realized.

Silence is ever-speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.

Inquire: 'To whom do these thoughts come?'

Surrender is giving oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

The body is the insentient machine; the Self is the conscious driver.

Be what you are: pure, radiant, eternal awareness.

The world is seen when the mind looks outward; when the mind looks inward, only the Self remains.

Why worry about the future? Live in the present, where reality is.

There is no greater mystery than this: we are Reality itself, yet we seek Reality elsewhere.

The highest teaching is silence.

When you dive deeply into the Heart, thoughts subside like waves on a calm sea.

Peace is not something to be created; it is your very essence.

All troubles belong to the ego; the Self is ever free.

Hold onto the source 'I' and everything else will take care of itself.

The greatest miracle is remaining as the Self in the midst of daily activity.

Do not identify with the passing clouds; identify with the infinite sky.

Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may. Therefore, the best course is to remain silent.

You are not the mind that worries; you are the space in which worry appears.

In the silent Heart, all questions dissolve.

True surrender is the eradication of the ego.

The sun shines without demanding praise; let your being do the same.

When you cease creating thoughts, you discover the deathless Self.

Rest in the effortless presence of your own Being.

The greatest strength is staying centered in the storm.

Who is it that suffers? Inquire, and suffering dissolves.

Awareness has no birth, no death, and no division.

Silence is the language of the Infinite.

The thought 'I am this body' is the primordial error.

Give up the habit of looking outward; turn the spotlight inward.

The mind is quieted by tracing every ripple back to its origin.

You are already free; you only imagine yourself in chains.

The supreme peace is not far away; it is closer than your heartbeat.

Let the ego surrender to the silent presence within.

The real master is within your own Heart.

Do not fight thoughts; simply ask who is thinking them.

Equanimity is the supreme mark of wisdom.

The Self is ever shining like the mid-day sun.

Live without anxiety, knowing that pure Awareness sustains all.

The present moment contains all reality.

Do not hoard thoughts; let them pass like shadows.

In the stillness of Arunachala, the soul discovers its eternity.

You are the screen; thoughts are just movies projected upon you.

True devotion is dissolving the separate self in love.

When the mind stops wandering, peace is immediate.

The mystery of life is revealed to the silent heart.

Be still and know that I AM God.

The ego is like a ghost; examine it closely and it disappears.

No external circumstance can diminish your true nature.

Stay rooted in the silent source of all life.

The heart knows no division.

Let your existence be a silent song of peace.

All fear vanishes when the true Self is known.

Live in the freedom of pure Being.

The jewel of peace is hidden in your own chest.

Trust the silent intelligence that guides the universe.

Do not cling to the past; live in fresh awareness.

The mind is quieted by non-cooperation with its desires.

You are the eternal witness of all passing shows.

Where there is no ego, there is boundless joy.

Rest in the sanctuary of your own silence.

The true seeker inquires into the nature of the seeker.

Let your daily actions flow from inner stillness.

The light of the Self requires no external lamp.

Peace is the natural fragrance of the quiet mind.

All differences vanish in the ocean of Awareness.

Do not search for God outside; look into the mirror of Consciousness.

The greatest journey is the return to your own Heart.

Stay unshakeable in the truth of who you are.

The silent presence is the master of all speech.

Live in peace with yourself, and you live in peace with all.

The mind that rests in the Heart is free from fear.

Surrender all burdens to the infinite power within.

Your true nature is stainless, timeless, and pure.

Let the waves of thought settle; the ocean remains.

The wisdom of the sages is written in the language of Silence.

Awaken to the unbroken reality of pure Being.

In the light of Self-Inquiry, all doubts vanish.

The eternal peace is waiting in this quiet breath.

Be true to your own radiant awareness.

The Self is the eternal sanctuary that cannot fall.

Live in effortless harmony with the flow of truth.

Silence is the ultimate completion of all striving.

You are the deathless light of the cosmos.

Rest in the absolute stillness of your own Heart.

Silence is also conversation.

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

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.