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

269
The capital we have is the knowledge ‘I am’. But what have we
done? We have handed over that knowledge to the body and we
say ‘I am the body’. Thereby we have reduced the totality, the
limitless, to the limited – a specified insignificant body. And that is
why, being unable to give up this association with the body, we are
afraid of dying.
270
The vital force carries out all the activities. The mind
communicates, and the knowledge ‘I am’ is merely a witness; this
is the actual state of affairs. But all these – that is, food body
quintessence, and the knowledge ‘I am’, the vital breath and the
mind – these are all a temporary phase only; so long as the food
essence is available, the knowingness will last.
271
The knowledge ‘I am’ is the product of interaction within the five
elemental state, You are not that! You as the Absolute, are not the
knowledge ‘I am’.
272
It is very simple. The body and in the body…it is like a coin. On
one side, you have the vital breath for making possible all activity;
and on the other side is the knowledge ‘I am’. Only when the vital
breath is there, the knowledge ‘I am’ is present. When the vital
breath leaves the body, the knowledge ‘I am’ also disappears. And
both of these are the product of the food essence body. I am not
that; this entire composite I am not. This you have to realize.