Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Worry is the enemy of love. You cannot be in love and be worried at the same time.
— 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
Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A Presence is in control of the whole Universe. You just do your part and relax!
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
'Ravi' means 'sun.' It's a Sanskrit original word. And 'Shankar' is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity god that we worship.
— Ravi Shankar
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.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.
— Ravi Shankar
Recognize and honour your uniqueness.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
— Serj Tankian
Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The power of spiritual knowledge gives you centeredness, which brings out passion in work & dispassion in meditation.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A sign of intelligence is to see the One in many and find the many in One.
— 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
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
Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When mind controls man, it's ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it's ... Yoga
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In the Vedic Calender, the year 2013 is said to be the year of Victory. Victory of the Good over Bad.It is said to begin in the end of march.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Technology has made the world into a Village. Spirituality has made it into a Global Family.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Let my hands be of service to people. Let me earn wisdom through my hands. Let my hands do good work
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.
— 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
The more you give, the more you will get. Then life will become a sheer dance of love.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are fully present, you are truly living; the rest of the time, you are merely existing
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Make other comfortable and you will see that nature will take care of your comfort.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If you make someone feel guilty about their mistake, then you have not forgiven them. That guilt is itself punishment.
— 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
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
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
Faith is the subject of the head. Devotion is the subject of the heart and meditation connects both.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Existence is a Fact, Living is an Art
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Enthusiasm is the nature of life. Become one whose enthusiasm never dies.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are totally defenseless, that's when you'll be strong.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you.
— 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
The visible sign of utter love is an undying smile.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The wave uniting with its depth is yoga.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
We do yoga to make life more beautiful.. to stop misery from entering our world.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sadhyojata means creating every moment anew, knowing every moment new.' We are used to a certain dimension, so this may go beyond you.
— 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
Just as when spring comes, Nature celebrates, When Navaratri comes, the Spirit celebrates.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
One whose mind is turned inwards is ever in bliss
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Just open your eyes, shake your head, and look at what is happening in the world. It is amazing! This universe is amazing!
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
To grow in unconditional love and in beauty is spirituality.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Remember those wonderful moments you have had. Sit and be with it. In that very memory your entire Being gets back to that state
— 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
What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditation is not 'going somewhere;' it's diving deep here, this moment.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A fully blossomed human potential is enlightenment. It is becoming a child again, and coming back to your original nature.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity!
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
That which you cannot express is Love.That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty.
That which you cannot avoid is the Truth. — 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
Be ready to face the worst. This will leave you with stability in your mind.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Everything in this creation is a sign of celebration.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Your life is perfect, it is a perfect plan; it is a spontaneous miracle. It is both every moment.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Dvityadvai bhayam bhavati which means, Fear is the result of duality.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When the mind is free of fear, guilt, anger and is more centered, then it holds the power to heal any ailment.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A mind in the present moment is meditation.
— 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
Faith is giving the divine a chance to act.
— 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
When a bud breaks it becomes a flower, when a heart breaks it becomes divine.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.
— Ravi Shankar
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.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Healthy is being physically strong, mentally calm and steady and emotionally soft
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Take some time off to go within, in silence. With that, your charm becomes eternal, your love becomes unconditional & great strength arises.
— 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
The whole creation is the dance of one consciousness
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Why can't we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
To love is to see the divine in the person beside us, and to meditate is to see the divine within us.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The purpose of laughter is to bring one to silence, and the purpose of silence is to bring one to laughter.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reaction and non-action both create karma, but conscious action transcends karma.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.
— Ravi Shankar
When you are in touch with the Inner Being then irrespective of the outer state, you remain in a perpetual state of happiness! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When every action of yours is preceded by witnessing, then every move you make in this world becomes perfect and significant.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Love is giving everything and taking nothing
— 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
Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path.
— 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
Navratri represents how the negativity can be conquered by the inherent positive qualities in us.
— 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
Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar