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

knowledge ‘I am’ ever dawned on me – the highest state, the best
state, the original state.
386
I call a ‘siddha’ one who has attained the ultimate, in that ultimate
state, the devotee and God, the ‘maya’ (primary illusion) and the
‘Brahman’ have disappeared. And, there is no beneficiary or
experiencer of all that, because he is without the concept ‘I am’.
He does not know ‘I am’, he does not know that he exists in that
state, that knowingness is completely obliterated.
387
This primary concept is the knowledge ‘I am’, it is the mother of
all other concepts. In order to get that satisfaction, you must find
the source of this primary concept ‘I am’. You should give
attention to the knowledge ‘I am’ and meditate on that itself.
Knowledge is to be got hold of knowledge only. This will produce
the seed, which, through this process of meditation, slowly grows
into a big tree, and that itself will give you all the knowledge. It
will not be necessary for you to ask anyone what is what.
388
These two entities are available to you, the vital force and the
knowledge ‘I am’, the consciousness. They appear without any
effort; they are there. Now, in order to be one with ‘Ishwara’, to
understand the non-duality you must worship the vital force. Then
that knowledge, which is in seed form, slowly grows. And the
seeker becomes full of knowledge; in the process he transcends
that, and the ultimate state is achieved.