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title: "22 Ego Quotes By Ramana Maharshi"
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> [The source of the ego is God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-source-of-the-ego-is-god/)

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> [If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-the-ego-rises-all-else-will-also-rise-if-it-subsides-all-else-will/)

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> [Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/remove-the-ego-and-avidya-ignorance-is-gone-look-for-it-the-ego/)

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> [Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/take-no-notice-of-the-ego-and-its-activities-but-see-only-the-light/)

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> [By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/by-constantly-keep-one-s-attention-on-the-source-the-ego-is-dissolved/)

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> [There must be a subject to know the good and evil. Thatsubject is the ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/there-must-be-a-subject-to-know-the-good-and-evil-thatsubject-is-the/)

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> [The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the 'I'-thought rises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-ego-s-phenomenal-existence-is-transcended-when-you-dive-into-the/)

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> [That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-is-the-ego-which-rises-and-sinks-periodically-but-you-exist/)

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> [Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/reality-is-simply-the-loss-of-ego-destroy-the-ego-by-seeking-its/)

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> [See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/see-who-is-the-doubter-who-is-the-thinker-it-is-the-ego-hold-it-the/)

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> [That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-which-comes-and-goes-rises-and-sets-is-born-and-dies-is-the-ego/)

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> [If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-there-is-anything-besides-the-self-there-is-reason-to-fear-who/)

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> [All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/all-unhappiness-is-due-to-the-ego-with-it-comes-all-your-trouble-if/)

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> [The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-self-alone-exists-when-you-try-to-trace-the-ego-which-is-the/)

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> [The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-enemy-hates-the-ego-which-the-seeker-wants-to-kill-thus-like-the/)

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> [God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/god-dwells-in-you-as-you-and-you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-be-god/)

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> [The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-mind-turned-inwards-is-the-self-turned-outwards-it-becomes-the/)

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> [Happiness is your real nature. You identify with yourself with the body and mind, feel it's limitations, and suffer. Realize your true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/happiness-is-your-real-nature-you-identify-with-yourself-with-the/)

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> [ ...Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always Bliss. This desire \[for Bliss\] is born of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/bliss-is-not-something-to-be-got-on-the-other-hand-you-are-always/)

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> [How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/how-does-one-get-rid-of-fear-ramana-what-is-fear-it-is-only-a-thought/)

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> [The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-more-you-prune-a-plant-the-more-it-grows-so-too-the-more-you-seek/)

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> [All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/all-bad-qualities-centre-round-the-ego-when-the-ego-is-gone/)

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## More by Ramana Maharshi

> [Then all this earth shines like one house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/then-all-this-earth-shines-like-one-house/)

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> [Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/silence-is-most-powerful-speech-is-always-less-powerful-than-silence/)

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> [Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/meditation-is-sticking-to-one-thought-that-single-thought-keeps-away/)

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> [The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-more-you-prune-a-plant-the-more-it-grows-so-too-the-more-you-seek/)

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> [Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/think-of-god-attachments-will-gradually-drop-away-if-you-wait-till/)

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> [That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-which-rises-and-sinks-is-made-up-of-what-it-rises-from-the/)

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> [Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/food-affects-the-mind-for-the-practice-of-any-kind-of-yoga/)

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> [The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-mind-of-one-meditating-on-a-single-object-becomes-one-pointed-and/)

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> [Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/eating-bathing-going-to-the-toilet-talking-thinking-and-many-other/)

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> [Knowing the Self, God is known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/knowing-the-self-god-is-known/)

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> [Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/every-moment-there-is-creation-every-moment-destruction-there-is-no/)

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> [The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-entire-universe-is-condensed-in-the-body-and-the-entire-body-in/)

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> [The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-state-of-self-realization-as-we-call-it-is-not-attaining/)

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> [God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/god-illumines-the-mind-and-shines-within-it-one-cannot-know-god-by/)

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> [We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/we-are-so-engrossed-with-the-objects-or-appearances-revealed-by-the/)

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