Top 319 Quotes & Sayings by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Even stupid people have a role to play
in your life. They make you wiser and
more patient.
There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.
If you're saddened by another's sorrow, then sorrow will never come to you. If you are happy at another's joy then joy will never leave you.
Healthy is being physically strong, mentally calm and steady and emotionally soft
When you are fully present, you are truly living; the rest of the time, you are merely existing
Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.
Do not try to correct the mind. Trying to correct the mind is like trying to correct the waves in the ocean. Can you stop the waves in the ocean? If you want to see an ocean without waves you only have to dive deeper. When you dive deep inside you will experience the stillness of the ocean. And if it is all frozen that is enlightenment.
With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified.
When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you.
Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.
If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.
When mind controls man, it’s ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s...Yoga
Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.
Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.
Don't focus on what others want. See what it is that you want.
When you stop looking inside and look at others, that is when you miss the boat.
Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.
There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening.
When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.
When you are unhappy, you are just coming in touch with your own boundaries. Turn the whole situation into a prayer & you will walk through it.
Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.
Life is a combination of destiny and free will. Rain is destiny; whether you get wet or not is free will!
Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.
Worry is the enemy of love. You cannot be in love and be worried at the same time.
Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works.
Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.
Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion.
When you become content in life, you gain the power to bless others. This is the law of nature.
Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.
People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy
Favorable and unfavorable conditions are part of living but smiling through them all is the Art of Living.
If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world.
If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space.
Only the heart can speak or hear that which is authentic
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
The best form of worship is to be happy, to be grateful.
Hold on to your dreams, one day, it will come true.
Your life is perfect, it is a perfect plan; it is a spontaneous miracle. It is both every moment.
Your richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.
Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.
When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.
Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
Being unconditionally happy is a practice: "Come what may, today I'm going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath."
Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.
The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.
A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.
Beauty is an inner phenomenon. Beauty is not in objects, not in people, not even in the eyes of the beholder. It lies in the heart of every person
When you judge others, look at yourself - You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn't judge you. Who are you to judge?
To love someone whom you like is insignificant.
To love someone because they love you is of no consequence.
To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life.
To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living.
Let your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!
Don't postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.
Faith is giving the divine a chance to act.
If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.
Knowledge is a burden if it robs you of innocence. Knowledge is a burden if it is not integrated into life. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn't bring joy. Knowledge is a burden if it gives you an idea that you are wise. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn't set you free. Knowledge is a burden if it makes you feel you are special.
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