Ramana Maharshi Quotes

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Let God work in you, give the work to God, and have peace. Don't worry if He works through your nature or above your nature, because both are His, nature and grace.

Let go of the oars... Everything you want is downstream.

Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.

Let us leave tomorrow's trouble for the One who bore our troubles on the cross.

Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy care In the quiet arms of prayer. Lord thou knowest how I live, All I'VE DONE AMISS FORGIVE; ALL OF GOOD I'VE TRIED TO DO STRENGTHEN, bless and carry through; All I love in safety keep While in Thee I fall asleep.

Worrying is trying to figure out what to do to save yourself rather than trusting in God for deliverance.

Love simply is. [...] Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.

I release the past with ease and trust in the process of life.

If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.

Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.

The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.

With each new experience of letting God be in control, we gain courage and reinforcement for daring to do it again and again.

Stop trying, stop struggling; begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see them; they are still there.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.

My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.

Sometimes that's the hardest thing is to not do anything, but just to trust what's on the page.