--- title: "21 Knows Quotes By Ramana Maharshi" description: "21 Knows quotes by Ramana Maharshi. Plus more from Ramana Maharshi and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/ramana-maharshi-915_knowledge_you-know-that-you-know-nothing-find-out_1788210.jpg" --- > [You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/you-know-that-you-know-nothing-find-out-that-knowledge/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/ramana-maharshi-915_knowledge_you-know-that-you-know-nothing-find-out_1788210.jpg) > [All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/all-are-seeing-god-always-but-they-do-not-know-it/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/ramana-maharshi-915_funny_all-are-seeing-god-always-but-they-do-no_2396519.jpg) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ramana-maharshi-915_ego_there-must-be-a-subject-to-know-the-good_1122436.jpg) > [To know one's Self is to be blissful always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/to-know-one-s-self-is-to-be-blissful-always/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/ramana-maharshi-915_blissful_to-know-one-s-self-is-to-be-blissful-alw_2980624.jpg) > [Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/our-identification-with-the-mind-and-body-is-the-chief-reason-for-our/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/ramana-maharshi-915_body_our-identification-with-the-mind-and-bod_862238.jpg) > [The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-deeply-learned-ones-know-the-mind-as-the-directly-expressed/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/ramana-maharshi-915_heart_the-deeply-learned-ones-know-the-mind-as_2065002.jpg) > [Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/consciousness-is-indeed-always-with-us-everyone-knows-i-am-no-one-can/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/ramana-maharshi-915_always_consciousness-is-indeed-always-with-us-e_2685270.jpg) > [He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/he-whose-pure-mind-turns-inward-and-searches-whence-does-this-i-arise/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/ramana-maharshi-915_arise_he-whose-pure-mind-turns-inward-and-sear_996193.jpg) > [A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/a-higher-power-is-leading-you-be-led-by-the-same-it-knows-what-to-do/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/ramana-maharshi-915_higher_a-higher-power-is-leading-you-be-led-by_2225890.jpg) > [When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/when-the-mind-one-pointed-and-fully-focused-knows-the-supreme-silence/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/ramana-maharshi-915_focused_when-the-mind-one-pointed-and-fully-focu_368928.jpg) > [Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/why-should-you-trouble-yourself-about-the-future-you-do-not-even/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/ramana-maharshi-915_care_why-should-you-trouble-yourself-about-th_325356.jpg) > [God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/god-illumines-the-mind-and-shines-within-it-one-cannot-know-god-by/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/ramana-maharshi-915_god_god-illumines-the-mind-and-shines-within_132385.jpg) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/ramana-maharshi-915_existence_grace-is-within-you-grace-is-your-self-g_1196779.jpg) > [How to get rid of the mind? Is it the mind that wants to kill itself? The mind cannot kill itself. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/how-to-get-rid-of-the-mind-is-it-the-mind-that-wants-to-kill-itself/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/ramana-maharshi-915_abiding_how-to-get-rid-of-the-mind-is-it-the-min_858216.jpg) > [Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/turn-the-mind-inward-and-cease-thinking-of-yourself-as-the-body/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/ramana-maharshi-915_body_turn-the-mind-inward-and-cease-thinking_3163973.jpg) > [Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/nearly-all-mankind-is-more-or-less-unhappy-because-nearly-all-do-not/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/ramana-maharshi-915_fleeting_nearly-all-mankind-is-more-or-less-unhap_474053.jpg) > [Why should we... constantly worry ourselves... as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/why-should-we-constantly-worry-ourselves-as-to-what-should-be-done/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/ramana-maharshi-915_carrie_why-should-we-constantly-worry-ourselves_841012.jpg) > [Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/existence-of-isvara-follows-our-conception-of-isvara-let-us-first/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/ramana-maharshi-915_conception_existence-of-isvara-follows-our-concepti_2174511.jpg) > [Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the universe who is ever victorious and accomplishes everything. Remain all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/place-your-burden-at-the-feet-of-the-lord-of-the-universe-who-is-ever/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/ramana-maharshi-915_absolutes_place-your-burden-at-the-feet-of-the-lor_2530301.jpg) > [You are the witness of the three bodies: the gross, the subtle, and the causal, and of the three times: past, present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/you-are-the-witness-of-the-three-bodies-the-gross-the-subtle-and-the/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/ramana-maharshi-915_accustomed_you-are-the-witness-of-the-three-bodies_3013451.jpg) > [Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/every-living-being-longs-always-to-be-happy-untainted-by-sorrow-and/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/ramana-maharshi-915_daily-experience_every-living-being-longs-always-to-be-ha_3101100.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/ramana-maharshi/#itemlist", "name": "21 Knows Quotes By Ramana Maharshi", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know that you know nothing. 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