The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte

merely the words ‘I am’. And the indwelling knowledge that you
are, without words, that itself you are. In that identity you must
stabilize yourself. And then whatever doubts you have will be
cleared by that very knowledge, and everything will be opened up
to you.
374
Forget all about physical disciplines in this connection. I am telling
you that the indwelling principle ‘I am’, the knowledge that you
are, you have to ‘be’ that. Just be that, with that knowledge ‘I am’,
hold on to the knowledge ‘I am’.
375
You know you are sitting here; you know you are, do you require
any special effort to hold on to that ‘you are’? You know you are;
abide only in that. The ‘I am’ principle without words, that itself is
the God of all ‘Ishwaras’.
376
If you identify yourself as the body, such an identity must be let go
off, sacrificed. Your real identity has no body and no thought. And
that self, the spontaneous knowledge ‘I am’ is what you are. Since
the self is not the body, the self is neither male nor female. You
must fulfill the vow that you are not the body but solely the
indwelling principle ‘I am’.
377
With firm conviction, you abide in this knowledge ‘I am’ only;
bereft of body-mind sense, only ‘I am’. If you dwell therein, if you
be that only, in due course it will get mature. And it will reveal to
you all the knowledge. And you need not go to anybody else.