Ramana Maharshi

Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.