Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes

why can't we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.

Faith is what? Faith is to love something you have no idea about.

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

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

When we look at the world through the eyes of the Master, the world will look so much more beautiful - not a nasty place, but a place filled with love, joy, compassion and all virtues

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

Healthy is being physically strong, mentally calm and steady and emotionally soft

When you wish #‎ good for others, good things come back to you.

Curiosity is the mother of science, wonder is the mother of spirituality.

Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing.

If you make someone feel guilty about their mistake, then you have not forgiven them. That guilt is itself punishment.

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.

When everything is in abundance, dispassion happens. And when dispassion is there, everything comes in abundance.

Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It’s just like becoming a child again

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.

Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love

Meditation means seeing God within you, and love is seeing God in the person next to you.

The power of spiritual knowledge gives you centeredness, which brings out passion in work & dispassion in meditation.

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

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

In life you can either have a guru or misery, you cannot have both.

The purpose of laughter is to bring one to silence, and the purpose of silence is to bring one to laughter.

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.

What puts you on the road is your desire to enjoy. What brings you home is being in love

If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.

When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you.

When every action of yours is preceded by witnessing, then every move you make in this world becomes perfect and significant.

Navratri represents how the negativity can be conquered by the inherent positive qualities in us.

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.

A disease-free body, quiver-free breath, stress-free mind, inhibition-free intellect, obsession-free memory, ego that includes all, and soul which is free from sorrow is the birthright of every human being.

Knowledge is the vaccination that keeps you away from the flu of misery

The knowledge that unites love and wisdom, that uplifts the spirit is spirituality. The knowledge which gives you a broad vision and a big heart is spirituality.

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.

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.

Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.

Be ready to face the worst. This will leave you with stability in your mind.

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.

Technology has made the world into a Village. Spirituality has made it into a Global Family.

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.

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 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.

In Samadhi, that very deep state of meditation, you are given energy and long-lasting bliss. It carries you higher and higher until your very presence radiates love

A sign of intelligence is to see the One in many and find the many in One.

Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!

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.

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

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?

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