Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 100 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Famous Quotes By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Success means crossing a limit. To cross a limit you need to assume that you have a limit. Assuming a limit is underestimating yourself. If you have no boundaries then where is your success? — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Your desire for perfection is the cause of anger. Leave room for imperfection. Perfection in action is almost impossible. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Practice meditation. Become a seeker. Walk the path of the seeker. You will get the best of everything the world has to offer. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Healthy is being physically strong, mentally calm and steady and emotionally soft — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Problems are here in this world so that we can realize our purpose in this world. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
TOLERANCE Neither accept people as they are nor tolerate them. Many people think tolerance is a virtue but tolerance is actually a negative term. If you like something, you do not have to tolerate it. Tolerance indicates a deep sense of dislike that can at any time turn into hatred. It indicates a sense of separateness, small-mindedness, a limitation of consciousness. When you tolerate, it is a temporary state. Tolerance is a potential volcano. If you are tolerating, it means you are just holding on. Acceptance is also negative. You accept that which is not lovable. Tolerance and acceptance come with judgment and separation. Question: "But aren't we supposed to accept people as they are?" If you do not love them, then you have to accept them. I tell you, do not accept people as they are. Just love them as they are. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Shiva is chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are happy time appears shorter, when you are sad time appears longer. And in meditation we transcend time! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In true love there is no heart break. A broken heat means broken demands, broken expectations and broken hopes. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma).
One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa.
Rely on your Self; self-reliance — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The problems in the world were made so that you don't get stuck and attached to this world. You get stuck with this world even though there are so many problems. Imagine if there are no problems, then you will never want to leave this material world! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
For external beauty, you put on things; for real beauty, you have to drop all things. For external beauty you have to have make-up; for real beauty you only have to realize that you are already made up. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Everywhere you see in creation there is Divine love. Love is the highest force, the greatest force, and the simplest — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Do not be feverish about success, if your aim is clear and you have patience to move towards it, nature will support you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life - this is what you are here for — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Navratri represents how the negativity can be conquered by the inherent positive qualities in us. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Love is giving everything and taking nothing — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A poor man celebrates the New Year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The role of women in the development of society is of utmost importance. In fact, it is the only thing that determines whether a society is strong and harmonious, or otherwise. Women are the backbone of society. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When everything is in abundance, dispassion happens. And when dispassion is there, everything comes in abundance. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sadhana is the real currency that you can use anywhere — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Everything is cleansed and purified by the rains, and the Earth blossoms in beauty. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditation is not 'going somewhere;' it's diving deep here, this moment. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The world is full of paradoxes and life is full of opposites. The art is to embrace the opposites, accommodate the paradoxes and live with a smile. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Devi energy (shakti) is there within all of us. Devi is not somewhere else, not in some other world. It is within us - Devi Shakti — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Boredom is a blessing when it leads you to wisdom. And boredom is a curse when it leads you to frustration and depression. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you wake up and see the whole creation is my valentine, the country is my valentine, the Divinity is my valentine, knowledge is my valentine then Valentine's Day will never end for you. All 365 days is Valentine's Day. That is how I feel - everyday is Valentine's Day — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Rise above the dualities, the opposites. See this whole world as the bubbles on the surface of water. See people as bubbles on the surface of the Brahman, of the Infinity ... Water bubbles up, rises up. Like that, everybody is rising and having their own games and plays and dissolving back into the Infinite. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Health is not the mere absence of disease, it is the dynamic expression of life. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you see # happiness in the happiness of others, that's when you will be truly happy. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The path of love is not a tedious path. It's a path of joy. It's a path of singing and dancing. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A goal or cause in life, will help you come out of your hunger for insatiable desires. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In your very nature, in the depth of your mind, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience. All knowledge is already in the depth of your consciousness, of your mind. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yazidis are facing the worst genocide of our times. They have been reduced from 23 million to 1 million. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Only the heart can speak or hear that which is authentic — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I say, drop all your defenses. Anyone can make a mistake - even you. Do not defend your mistakes; just accept them and move on. When you are totally defenseless, that is when you will be completely strong. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Faith makes you stable and steady. It brings out the totality in you. Consolidation of your energy is faith. Dissemination of energy is doubt. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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.
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Curiosity is the mother of science, wonder is the mother of spirituality. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Prayer within breath is silence, love within infinity is silence, Wisdom without word is silence, compassion without aim is silence, action without doer is silence, smiling with all existence is silence — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A Presence is in control of the whole Universe. You just do your part and relax! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Walk lightly on this # planet and yet leave such a # footprint that cannot be erased for thousands of years! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Nature will never confront you with a problem you can't solve. You already have the answer, that is why the question appears before you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Do not make an effort to impress others. When you come from the self, your expression is perfect and your impression lasts for ages. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
How do we get out of our small mind? When we enquire into the core of our existence. What is life? Who am I? This spirit of self-inquiry can awaken something inside you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are totally defenseless, that's when you'll be strong. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
See the possibility that people and things can change at any time and don't hold on to judgements. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A healthy mind always likes to adore others, elevate them. An unhealthy mind likes to pull everything down. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditate. A few minutes of deep meditation will connect you with the ocean of intuition deep within you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Much energy is wasted in trying to charm others. And in wanting to charm - I tell you, the opposite happens — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other - activity in rest and rest in activity - is the ultimate freedom. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Worry is the enemy of love. You cannot be in love and be worried at the same time. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game. that is worship, which is celebration. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
We should not exit from this world without finding out who we are and where we have come from. This is very important. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
One whose mind is turned inwards is ever in bliss — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
To whatever degree we are alert, aware, to that degree we are living — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
You should be dynamic, and still be soft in the heart.
You should stand against injustice and simultaneously, be compassionate within you, like a saint.
Be a saint and a soldier, together — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga takes you close to your true nature. Yoga with its techniques helps you to harmonize with nature. Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In the present moment, we are all innocent. Wake up! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Your worries, your feelings, your thoughts arise in your own mind. You are totally responsible for all your feelings - how you feel, what you think, what you do ... You are responsible. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Happiness depends only on your mind. When the mind is free of past impressions and future cravings, happiness is there. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
It is the inner peace that can bring peace in our family, in society and ultimately, in the world. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar