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Mind Quotes by Ramana Maharshi
- Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
- Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
- You have to ask yourself the question 'Who am I?' This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which…
- Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being.…
- Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
- Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of…
- Apart from thought, there is no independent entity called "world." Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of itself and then…
- He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river…
- If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep…
- Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
- Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire…
- The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
- Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. Â It is…
- Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.
- The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by…
- Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
- When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
- To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief,…
- The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
- Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still…
- From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its…
- In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
- Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
- Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of…
- The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
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- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle