Ramana Maharshi on conversation
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“Silence is also conversation.”
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
Ramana MaharshiRamana 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 harmonious.
Ramana MaharshiRamana 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 that which you always are and which you always have been.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi True silence is really endless speech.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, ‘Kid, don’t make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you’re like David Frost. Make it a conversation.’
Dick CavettDick Cavett Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow Of course you cannot compare my Hindi with a Hindi-speaking person, but I am confident enough to hold a conversation in mixed Hindi-English.
Nora FatehiNora Fatehi A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
Alicia KeysAlicia Keys The way I think I should stay out of trouble is by stayin’ busy. With idle time comes a lot of biz, so the more my work load is heavy, I’ll have no time to get into any trouble or makin’ dis tracks or get into conversation about any other rappers.
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