Top 319 Quotes & Sayings by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Page 3

You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence

Remember those wonderful moments you have had. Sit and be with it. In that very memory your entire Being gets back to that state

Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion.

You sell your happiness for peanuts! You sell your smile for pennies! I tell you, it's not worth it. The entire world is not worth your smile. Even if you are made the king or the emperor of the world, it's not worth giving away your smile.

Sadhyojata means “creating every moment anew, knowing every moment new.’ We are used to a certain dimension, so this may go beyond you.

Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life - this is what you are here for

In true love there is no heart break. A broken heat means broken demands, broken expectations and broken hopes.

Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go!

Shiva is chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness

Your non attachment to the mundane is your charm. Your attachment to the divine is your beauty.

Have "eternal wait," infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot.

Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.

You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.

Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation.

Keep wondering whether your waking reality is a dream and you will wake up to the real.

A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased. Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). There is no rest deeper than meditation

Events bring you small joy, while #? existence brings you bliss.

Have a goal in life. When water is everywhere, it is a flood, but if it is in between banks, it is a river. It is nice to have a goal, so your life force gets channelized!

Everything in this creation is a sign of celebration.

Purpose of words is to create silence. Purpose of action is to bring deep rest. Purpose of deep rest is to bring you fulfillment. In fulfillment you find joy, bliss

Take some time off to go within, in silence. With that, your charm becomes eternal, your love becomes unconditional & great strength arises.

Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free.

Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

When you move with this thought that 'I want', then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that 'I have received', then you are content.

If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it.

If everything appears meaningless then congratulations to you! You have started on the path. This is the first sign of intelligence, of waking up.

Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious

Look at your life in contrast with the magnitude of creation, space and time. Your life becomes insignificant. Ego disappears.

The bigger our vision for the world, the less personal worries we have.

Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free!

When you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with anyone else, as that will only increase the problems. Share your joy with everyone. Listen to others; yet do not listen. If your mind gets stuck in their problems, not only are they miserable, but you also become miserable.

In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam - it is very powerful and healing can happen.

Real beauty is when you're centered, when our mind is with the truth. That is how every baby is beautiful because they are centered.

Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends.

Have respect for yourself and no one can take away your self respect.

Never underestimate your life. It is most precious. You never know what talents are hidden within you and what you have to offer to the world!

Get out of your comfort zone and bring comfort to others.

Service brings merit, merit allows you to go deeper in meditation, meditation brings back your smile.

Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength.

Every cell in our body has the capacity to hold infinity. Let us tap the full potential that nature has bestowed on us, the potential to hold infinity in every cell of the body. For that, we must practice meditation regularly. Then our physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with prana - life force. As the level of prana in the body rises, we bubble with joy.

In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.

No emotions are bad. But if they stay for long, then it is bad. Emotions should be like a line drawn on the surface of water.

To grow in unconditional love and in beauty is spirituality.

There is no use getting angry at something that has already happened.All you can do is your best to check it doesn't happen again.

Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up!

Boredom is a blessing when it leads you to wisdom. And boredom is a curse when it leads you to frustration and depression.

The signs of good health are an intellect which is free from inhibition and arrogance, a heart which is full of compassion is healthy, a confusion-free mind, a trauma-free memory and a sorrow-free soul.

Your desire for perfection is the cause of anger. Leave room for imperfection. Perfection in action is almost impossible.

Enthusiasm is the nature of life. Become one whose enthusiasm never dies.

How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven.

Retain your shyness and drop your shame.

You should not delay the good things in life. Just do them. Whenever you get a chance to do spiritual practice or seva, don’t miss it. Those are the real precious moments of your life.

Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship, you do not feel humiliated. When you are steeped in love with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.

If our mind is pure, our desires get manifested quickly.

The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe.

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

Make other comfortable and you will see that nature will take care of your comfort.

Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn.

The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind.