Self-realization

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi quoted by Goodreads

The three states [of waking, dream and sleep] owe their existence to non-enquiry and enquiry puts an end to them. However much one may explain, the fact will not become clear till one attains Self-realization and wonders how one was blind to the self-evident and only existence so long.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi in Be As You Are, The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (1985)

The degree of the absence of thoughts is the measure of your progress towards Self-realization. But Self-realization itself does not admit of progress, it is ever the same. The Self remains always in realization. The obstacles are thoughts.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi in Be As You Are, The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (1985)

Self-realization: fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Maslow describes the good life as one directed towards self-actualization, the pinnacle need. Self-actualization occurs when you maximize your potential, doing the best that you are capable of doing. Maslow studied individuals whom he believed to be self-actualized, including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein, to derive the common characteristics of the self-actualized person.
- Maslow: The 12 Characteristics of a Self-Actualized Person By David Sze, The Huffington Post (21 July 2015)

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