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

152
It is only during the duration of the beingness that the world and
creation is. This power is the faith in the primordial concept ‘I am’,
and that is the concept that weaves the web of creation. The entire
manifestation is an appearance in this concept.
153
You must come to a firm decision. You must forget the thought
that you are the body and be only the knowledge ‘I am’, which has
no form, no name. Just be. When you stabilize in that beingness it
will give all the knowledge and all the secrets to you, and when the
secrets are given to you, you transcend the beingness, and you, the
Absolute will know that you are also not the consciousness.
Having gained all this knowledge, having understood what is what,
a kind of quietude prevails, a tranquility. Beingness is transcended,
but beingness is available.
154
On my true, whole, homogenous state just a small ripple appeared,
the news came, ‘I am’. That news made all the difference, and I
started knowing this; but now I have known my true state, so I
understand my true state first, and then I understand that this ripple
is coming and going on my true state. While in your case, you take
interest in the ripple and don’t take interest in your true state.
155
The consciousness that ‘I am’ has created, and sustains, all the
wonders in the world for which men take credit; on the other hand
this consciousness has no control over itself. The principle out of
which you have sprouted has tremendous powers. Lord Krishna
has said, ‘You worship me, be devoted to me’, this means what?