Ramana Maharshi

"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 the words 'Be still'. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that 'I am so and so'. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?"

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

"Whatever draws the mind outward is unspiritual and whatever draws the mind inward is spiritual"

"you must achieve liberation during your life time. Even if you fail to do it during your lifetime, you must think of god at least at the time of death, since one becomes what he thinks of at the time of death. But unless all your life you have been thinking of God, unless you have accustomed yourself to dhyana of 'Godalways during life, it would not at all be possible for you think of God at the time of death."

"Eventually, all that one has learnt will have to be forgotten."

"Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end."

"Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved."

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

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