Quotes from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

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.

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.

Your love is unique. Let love remain love, don't give it any name. The love that is defined by a relationship is limited. The love that is beyond relationships, that is true love

There is a skill to learning. It is all about what is and what is not. While Science is knowing what is, Art is creating what is not.

If everything appears meaningless then congratulations to you! You have started on the path. This is the first sign of intelligence, of waking up.

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

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

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.

In the presence of your Satguru, knowledge flourishes; sorrow diminishes; without any reason joy wells up; lack diminishes, abundance dawns and all talents manifest

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.

To be free from ignorance you need knowledge. The mind should turn inward. Silence takes the mind inward and helps you to recognize who you are.

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.

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

We communicate much more through our presence than the words.

Be light. Smile. Drop. Learn the tendency to drop and smile and move through.

Let your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!

Service brings merit, merit allows you to go deeper in meditation, meditation brings back your smile.

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.

Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!

A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody.

Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.

Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works.

Life is a combination of destiny and free will. Rain is destiny; whether you get wet or not is free will!