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title: "26 Ifs Quotes By Ramana Maharshi"
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> [If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-one-s-mind-has-peace-the-whole-world-will-appear-peaceful/)

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> [If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-you-make-the-thief-the-policeman-there-will-be-lots-of/)

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> [Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/peace-is-the-inner-nature-of-humankind-if-you-find-it-within-yourself/)

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> [If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-you-go-the-way-of-your-thoughts-you-will-be-carried-away-by-them/)

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> [If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-you-observe-awareness-steadily-this-awareness-itself-becomes-the/)

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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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> [Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/grace-is-within-you-if-it-were-external-it-would-be-useless/)

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> [All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/all-that-one-gives-to-others-one-gives-to-one-s-self-if-this-truth-is/)

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> [If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-you-approach-the-ocean-with-a-cup-you-can-only-take-away-a-cupful/)

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> [Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/grace-is-within-you-grace-is-your-self-grace-is-not-something-to-be/)

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> [There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/there-is-no-mind-to-control-if-you-realise-the-self-the-mind-having/)

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> [The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-grace-of-the-guru-is-like-an-ocean-if-one-comes-with-a-cup-he/)

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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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> [Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/nobody-doubts-that-he-exists-though-he-may-doubt-the-existence-of-god/)

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> [If one watches whence the notion 'I' arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-one-watches-whence-the-notion-i-arises-the-mind-gets-absorbed/)

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> [A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/a-man-does-not-have-to-go-and-find-where-his-eyes-are-in-order-to-see/)

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> [If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-one-wants-to-abide-in-the-thought-free-state-a-struggle-is/)

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> [If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-a-man-considers-that-he-is-born-he-cannot-avoid-the-fear-of-death/)

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> [You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/you-are-awareness-awareness-is-another-name-for-you-since-you-are/)

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> [Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/take-refuge-in-silence-you-can-be-here-or-there-or-anywhere-fixed-in/)

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> [You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/you-impose-limits-on-your-true-nature-of-infinite-being-then-you-get/)

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> [The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-life-of-action-need-not-be-renounced-if-you-meditate-for-an-hour/)

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> [The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-master-is-within-meditation-is-meant-to-remove-the-ignorant-idea/)

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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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> [If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-a-person-realises-his-position-and-stays-in-his-own-self-things/)

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> [There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/there-is-no-reaching-the-self-if-self-were-to-be-reached-it-would/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

> [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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                        "text": "Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can be as you are. The world will never perturb you if you are well founded upon the tranquility within. Gather your thoughts within. Find out the thought centre and discover your Self-equipoise. In storm and turmoil be calm and silent. Watch the events around as a witness. The world is a drama. Be a witness, inturned and introspective.",
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                        "text": "The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom you await, he is bound to disappear also. What is the use of a transient being like that? But so long as you think you are separate or that you are the body, an external master is also necessary and he will appear to have a body. When the wrong identification of oneself with the body ceases, the master will be found to be none other than the Self.",
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                        "text": "How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear. Who sees things separate from the Self? First the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is nothing external. For anything external to oneself implies the existence of the seer within. Seeking it there will eliminate doubt and fear. Not only fear, all other thoughts centred round the ego will disappear along with it.",
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                        "text": "If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.",
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