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

pride will go along with the ‘I am’ (So Hum), later on, ‘no-I am’
(No Hum).
507
Just try to be in that ‘I amness’ don’t try to put effort and
concentration When ‘you are’ it is ‘I amness’, when ‘you are’ the
beingness is automatically there. Whatever ‘you are’ without doing
any effort, be there. Don’t try to interpret ‘I amness’. You are
without the body sense, when you identify with body-mind, then
the trouble begins
508
The ‘I am’ in body form can reach the highest state, if you accept it
and dwell there you escape birth and death. Just be in that
principle, there are no disciplines for this. If you do penance it is
because you have sinned in previous births, but if you really come
across a sage he shows you your true nature.
509
The Atman has no birth, this touch of ‘I am’ is a hoarding of the
Absolute, and only the advertisement disappears. The ‘I am’ is an
illusion, temporary; the one who knows this knows the eternal
principle. Whatever experiences you enjoy are an imperfect state.
You involve yourself in practices, because the mind does not let
you be quiet.
510
The ‘I am’ is in a dormant condition in the womb, it is an ignorant
condition. How could it know itself? At three years or so the
knowledge ‘I am’ comes spontaneously with the formation of
body. Around middle age it is at a climax, while in old age the