--- title: "27 Real Quotes By Ramana Maharshi" description: "27 Real quotes by Ramana Maharshi. Plus more from Ramana Maharshi and more Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/ramana-maharshi-915_brahman_the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-re_1199647.jpg" --- > [The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-real-brahman-is-the-world/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/ramana-maharshi-915_brahman_the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-re_1199647.jpg) > [The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-real-and-perfect-knowledge/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/ramana-maharshi-915_inspirational_the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-r_412663.jpg) > [Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-is-it-you/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/ramana-maharshi-915_real_is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-i_169950.jpg) > [Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/forgetfulness-of-your-real-nature-is-true-death-remembrance-of-it-is/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/ramana-maharshi-915_being-yourself_forgetfulness-of-your-real-nature-is-tru_1273448.jpg) > [That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-which-is-not-present-in-deep-dreamless-sleep-is-not-real/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/ramana-maharshi-915_dreamless-sleep_that-which-is-not-present-in-deep-dreaml_1512045.jpg) > [If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-you-hold-this-feeling-of-i-long-enough-and-strongly-enough-the/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/ramana-maharshi-915_awareness_if-you-hold-this-feeling-of-i-long-enoug_2677864.jpg) > [Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite 'I'. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/dive-deep-into-the-chambers-of-your-heart-find-out-the-real-infinite/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/ramana-maharshi-915_chamber_dive-deep-into-the-chambers-of-your-hear_191135.jpg) > [That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-alone-is-real-which-exists-by-itself-which-reveals-itself-by/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/ramana-maharshi-915_eternal_that-alone-is-real-which-exists-by-itsel_3141005.jpg) > [When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/when-your-real-effortless-joyful-grateful-nature-is-realized-it-will/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/ramana-maharshi-915_activity_when-your-real-effortless-joyful-gratefu_1532843.jpg) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/ramana-maharshi-915_ego_remove-the-ego-and-avidya-ignorance-is-g_2430079.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) > [The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/ramana-maharshi-915_attainment_the-mind-of-one-meditating-on-a-single-o_60394.jpg) > [If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/if-the-mind-falls-asleep-awaken-it-then-if-it-starts-wandering-make/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/ramana-maharshi-915_fall_if-the-mind-falls-asleep-awaken-it-then_203490.jpg) > [Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/aim-high-aim-at-the-highest-and-all-lower-aims-are-thereby-achieved/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/ramana-maharshi-915_aim_aim-high-aim-at-the-highest-and-all-lowe_2597221.jpg) > [We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/we-see-only-the-script-and-not-the-paper-on-which-the-script-is/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ramana-maharshi-915_illusion_we-see-only-the-script-and-not-the-paper_295985.jpg) > [We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/we-loosely-talk-of-self-realization-for-lack-of-a-better-term-but-how/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/ramana-maharshi-915_giving_we-loosely-talk-of-self-realization-for_1162637.jpg) > [The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-very-fact-that-we-wish-for-liberation-shows-that-freedom-from-all/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/ramana-maharshi-915_bondage_the-very-fact-that-we-wish-for-liberatio_1403944.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) > [It is false to speak of realization. What is there to realize? The real is as it is always. We are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/it-is-false-to-speak-of-realization-what-is-there-to-realize-the-real/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/ramana-maharshi-915_achieve_it-is-false-to-speak-of-realization-what_995466.jpg) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/ramana-maharshi-915_body_happiness-is-your-real-nature-you-identi_2140425.jpg) > [The experience of not forgetting consciousness alone is the state of devotion which is the relationship of unfading real love, because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-experience-of-not-forgetting-consciousness-alone-is-the-state-of/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/ramana-maharshi-915_bliss_the-experience-of-not-forgetting-conscio_2752223.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) > [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/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/ramana-maharshi-915_clothes_the-mind-turned-inwards-is-the-self-turn_1083412.jpg) > [Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he performs, so also one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/even-as-one-and-the-same-person-is-called-by-different-names/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/ramana-maharshi-915_memory_even-as-one-and-the-same-person-is-calle_1485335.jpg) > [Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/speaking-of-self-realizatio-n-is-a-delusion-it-is-only-because-people/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/ramana-maharshi-915_delusion_speaking-of-self-realizatio-n-is-a-delus_1408704.jpg) > [Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/keep-the-remembrance-of-your-real-nature-alive-even-while-working-and/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/ramana-maharshi-915_alive_keep-the-remembrance-of-your-real-nature_1655164.jpg) > [The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-world-is-so-unhappy-because-it-is-ignorant-of-the-true-self-man-s/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/ramana-maharshi-915_doe_the-world-is-so-unhappy-because-it-is-ig_887855.jpg) ## Other authors on Real ## 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/real/ramana-maharshi/#itemlist", "name": "27 Real Quotes By Ramana Maharshi", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramana Maharshi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-real-brahman-is-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/ramana-maharshi-915_brahman_the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-re_1199647.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/ramana-maharshi-915_brahman_the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-re_1199647.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/ramana-maharshi-915_brahman_the-world-is-illusory-only-brahman-is-re_1199647.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world” — Ramana Maharshi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramana Maharshi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-real-and-perfect-knowledge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/ramana-maharshi-915_inspirational_the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-r_412663.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/ramana-maharshi-915_inspirational_the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-r_412663.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/ramana-maharshi-915_inspirational_the-experience-of-silence-alone-is-the-r_412663.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.” — Ramana Maharshi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramana Maharshi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-is-it-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/ramana-maharshi-915_real_is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-i_169950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/ramana-maharshi-915_real_is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-i_169950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/ramana-maharshi-915_real_is-it-the-world-that-says-i-am-real-or-i_169950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?” — Ramana Maharshi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; 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