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title: "19 Quiet Quotes By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj"
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> [These moments of inner quiet will burn out all obstacles without fail. Don't doubt its efficacy. Try it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/these-moments-of-inner-quiet-will-burn-out-all-obstacles-without-fail/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [To go beyond you need alert immobility, quiet attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-go-beyond-you-need-alert-immobility-quiet-attention/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you that there is no place for a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/stay-open-and-quiet-that-is-all-what-you-seek-is-so-near-you-that/)

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> [A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/a-quiet-mind-is-all-you-need-all-else-will-happen-rightly-once-your-2/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Look at your mind dispassionately; this is enough to calm it. When it is quiet, you can go beyond it. Do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/look-at-your-mind-dispassionately-this-is-enough-to-calm-it-when-it/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [You are not the mind. If you know you are not the mind, then what difference does it make if it's busy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-are-not-the-mind-if-you-know-you-are-not-the-mind-then-what/)

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> [To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-go-beyond-the-mind-you-must-be-silent-and-quiet-peace-and-silence/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/if-you-could-only-keep-quiet-clear-of-memories-and-expectations-you/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-begin-by-letting-thoughts-flow-and-watching-them-the-very/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Give up the idea of being a person, that is all. You need not become what you are anyhow. There is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/give-up-the-idea-of-being-a-person-that-is-all-you-need-not-become/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/by-being-with-yourself-the-i-am-by-watching-yourself-in-your-daily/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [When you sit quiet and watch yourself, many things may come to the surface. Do nothing about them, don't react to them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/when-you-sit-quiet-and-watch-yourself-many-things-may-come-to-the/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Refuse all thoughts except one: the thought 'I am'. The mind will rebel in the beginning, but with patience and perseverance it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/refuse-all-thoughts-except-one-the-thought-i-am-the-mind-will-rebel/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [To see Reality is as simple as to see one’s face in a mirror. Only, the mirror must be clear and true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-see-reality-is-as-simple-as-to-see-one-s-face-in-a-mirror-only-the/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/whatever-you-may-have-to-do-watch-your-mind-also-you-must-have/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [When the mind is quiet, we come to know ourselves as the pure witness. We withdraw from the experience and its experiencer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/when-the-mind-is-quiet-we-come-to-know-ourselves-as-the-pure-witness/)

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> [Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/truth-is-not-a-reward-for-good-behaviour-nor-a-prize-for-passing-some/)

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> [When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/when-the-mind-is-kept-away-from-its-preoccupations-it-becomes-quiet/)

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> [By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/by-all-means-attend-to-your-duties-action-in-which-you-are-not/)

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## Other authors on Quiet

## More by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

> [Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/forgetting-your-self-is-the-greatest-injury-all-the-calamities-flow/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/there-is-nothing-to-do-just-be-do-nothing-be-no-climbing-mountains/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/let-the-dream-unroll-itself-to-its-very-end-you-cannot-help-it-but/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [As long as the mind is there, your body and your world are there. Your world is mind-made, subjective, enclosed within the mind, fragmentary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/as-long-as-the-mind-is-there-your-body-and-your-world-are-there-your/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/i-ask-you-what-is-the-taste-of-your-mouth-all-you-can-do-is-to-say-it/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [It is your restlessness that causes chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/it-is-your-restlessness-that-causes-chaos/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-go-beyond-the-mind-you-must-be-silent-and-quiet-peace-and-silence/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/absolute-perfection-is-here-and-now-not-in-some-future-near-or-far/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Having never left the house you are looking for the way home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/having-never-left-the-house-you-are-looking-for-the-way-home/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/once-you-understand-that-the-false-needs-time-and-what-needs-time-is/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-universe-is-but-a-partial-manifestation-of-your-limitless/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/in-reality-time-and-space-exist-in-you-you-do-not-exist-in-them/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/whatever-happens-happens-to-you-by-you-through-you-you-are-the/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [Life is love and love is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/life-is-love-and-love-is-life/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

> [The real does not die, the unreal never lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-does-not-die-the-unreal-never-lived/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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