Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes

Retain your shyness and drop your shame.

Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties!

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.

Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.

If something is not working today, then something better is in store. This surety should be in our mind.

Joy is never tomorrow it's always now!

Wise is the one who learns from another´s mistakes. Less wise is the one who learns only from his own mistakes. The fool keeps making the same mistakes again and again and never learns from them.

Love is the essence of the universe,. Love in action is service.

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

Everything in this creation is a sign of celebration.

Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems. Once you find the peace and the inner strength, then you can face any problem. It won’t even appear as a problem then.

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 the present moment, we are all innocent. Wake up!

Ego is just a feeling of having a wall between you and others. There is no wall. You belong to me and I belong to you. You are accepted the way you are.

The visible sign of utter love is an undying smile.

Only the heart can speak or hear that which is authentic

Silence is bringing you back home, and it gives you that much needed energy to realize 'Who You Are', to realize that there is bliss, there is beauty, there is joy, and that is 'You'

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

Problems are here in this world so that we can realize our purpose in this world.

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

Happiness depends only on your mind. When the mind is free of past impressions and future cravings, happiness is there.

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

When you are happy time appears shorter, when you are sad time appears longer. And in meditation we transcend time!

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.

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.

When you see #‎ happiness in the happiness of others, that's when you will be truly happy.

We communicate much more through our presence than the words.

Walk lightly on this #‎ planet and yet leave such a #‎ footprint that cannot be erased for thousands of years!

Health is not the mere absence of disease, it is the dynamic expression of life.

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.

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

Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path.

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

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).

When people lose faith in the natural goodness of the human character, the lack of trust in spiritual goodness, that is one reason why corruption has become so widespread today.

There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.

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

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.

Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.

If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja

The wave uniting with its depth is yoga.

When you are fully present, you are truly living; the rest of the time, you are merely existing

Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world

The positive aspect of competition in a business scenario is it helps you to be more alert and innovative.

Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes no mind is meditation.

Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does

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.

Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. Divine love is like the sky - limitless, infinite. From the bottom of the ocean soar into the vast sky