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

382
In the absence of beingness, when you did not know about your
existence? Nothing was of any value to you. This memory ‘I am’ is
neither true nor false; it is without these two attributes. That
memory of beingness only appears to exist.
383
For eternal peace you must dwell in yourself, know how this touch
of ‘I am’ has appeared. All other knowledge is of no use in this
connection.
384
Where there is the vital breath, the knowledge ‘I am’ is present.
There being no vital breath, the knowledge of ‘I amness’ is absent.
Take full advantage of the naturally available capital with you –
that is, your life force and the knowledge ‘I am’; they always go
hand in hand. Right now, exploit it to the utmost. All worldly
activities are going on only because of the knowledge ‘I am’
together with that motive force which is the life force, the vital
breath. And that is not something apart from you; you are that
only. Investigate and study this exclusively, abide in that, worship
that only.
385
What is this state before this knowledge ‘I am’ came upon me?
When the knowledge ‘I am’ came, the one who is satisfied with
that will reach the state where he considers himself God and
‘Brahman’. But he does not go beyond it or prior to it. In the
ultimate state lies the prior state; that is, the state before this