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State Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
- The only difference between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are bemused.... We discover it by being earnest, by…
- No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence. Not the idea of silence, but silence itself. When the mind is in its natural…
- What has been attained may again be lost. Only when you realise the true peace, the peace you have never lost, that peace will remain…
- You are so accustomed to think of yourselves as bodies having consciousness that you just cannot imagine consciousness as having bodies. Once you realize that…
- To be a living being is not the ultimate state; there is something [the Reality] beyond, much more wonderful, which is neither being nor non-being,…
- Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is.
- When you go beyond awareness, there is a state of nonduality, in which there is no cognition, only pure being. In the state of nonduality,…
- There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged. Such moments are most desirable, for it means the soul has cast its moorings and…
- When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to…
- The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up for the real…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen
- We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila