Quotes by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

About Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Ravi Shankar is also frequently referred to simply as "Sri Sri" (honorific) or as Guruji or Gurudev. He is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation created in 1981, which aims to relieve individual stress, societal problems, and violence. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development and aims to foster shared global values.
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Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.

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;...

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.

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

Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.

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

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

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 other, it is your own mind.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Have this faith that someone is there to take away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter. Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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...

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Author Bio

  • NameSri Sri Ravi Shankar
  • Descriptionspiritual leader
  • BornMay 13, 1956
  • CountryIndia