Ramana Maharshi Quotes

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.

I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself.

I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

I think only Kanye can truly understand Kanye.

I--this thought which is called I--is the mould into which the world is poured like melted wax.

The word 'self' is as great a mystery as the word 'other'. It's just a polarity between two mysteries.

It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.

The true self is not aware that it is a self. A bird, as it sings, sings itself. But not according to a picture. It has no idea of itself.

As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.

This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers the whole ground, sub-consciousness, consciousness, and super-consciousness.

Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.

Beauty can never really understand itself.

If the will did not exist, neither would there be that centre of the world, which we call the I.

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.