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Ramana Maharshi Quotes: You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
         

You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?


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



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

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



Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.



Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.

Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.



Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.



Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.



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

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



If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.



All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.



No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.





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