Top 300 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane. Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know that you are the Sun.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

253. “For a seeker, Guru Purnima is a day of significance, is a day of New Year. It is the day to review one’s progress on the spiritual path and renew one’s determination and focus on the goal, and to resolve what one wants to do in the coming year.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

254. “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

255. “Sickness is not just in the body, it could be in the mind, it could be in your intellect; it could be in the inhibitions of your intellect.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

256. “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.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

257. “There is some virtue to be learnt from every part of the world – teamwork from Japan, precision from Germany, marketing and negotiation skills from the United States, courtesy, decency and refinement from the British, and human values from the villages of India. You.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

258. “The problems in the world were made so that you don’t get stuck and attached to this world. You get stuck with this world even though there are so many problems. Imagine if there are no problems, then you will never want to leave this material world!”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

259. “Space and silence are synonymous. Joy, fulfillment brings the silence. Desire brings noise. Silence is the cure, because in silence you come back to the source, and that creates joy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

260. “Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

261. “Your richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

262. “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

263. “Whatever is needed for you and your body will be taken care of, when you know this the lack will disappear from your life. When you realise ISHA permeates your everything you relax and are at ease – that is when things happen.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

264. “See the possibility that people and things can change at any time and don’t hold on to judgements.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

265. “When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

267. “Keep wondering whether your waking reality is a dream and you will wake up to the real.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

268. “Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

269. “Don’t be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

270. “Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

271. “Science is about learning ‘what something is’ and spirituality is about knowing ‘who I am’. The.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

272. “The fire of love or fire of knowledge creates unpleasantness or a sense of longing in the beginning, but it moves on to the blossoming of bliss, the blossoming of fullness.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

273. “Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form. Bangalore Ashram, India September 24, 1997.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

274. “In joy, in peace, in that soothing inner state, you will find happiness.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

275. “Forgetfulness of the infinite is misery. Forgetfulness of the trivial is ecstasy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

276. “If people are not inspired from within, it will not be possible to build a good work ethic. Work.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

277. “Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

278. “We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

279. “The more you give, the more you will get. Then life will become a sheer dance of love.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

281. “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

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

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

283. “Your comparison with your own performance is better, is healthy, but if you start comparing with others, in all probability, you will feel jealous.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

284. “In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

285. “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.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

286. “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.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

287. “Rejection itself means the finite.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

288. “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.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

289. “Just as when spring comes, Nature celebrates, When Navaratri comes, the Spirit celebrates.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

290. “Retain your shyness and drop your shame.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

291. “If you’re saddened by another’s sorrow, then sorrow will never come to you. If you are happy at another’s joy then joy will never leave you.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

292. “The wave uniting with its depth is yoga.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

293. “All that you can do is to raise the level of sattva. And then when sattva’s level is high, we have to wait one moment, any moment knowledge can dawn there. All that you can do to have sunlight in this room, is to open the curtains and keep the windows open. And when dawn comes, it just dawns. You have the sunlight inside. If you close your curtains, even if it’s midsummer afternoon, you will still find your room dark, because the gunas are cloudy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

294. “The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

295. “This ancient practice of the Rudrabhishekam, with the chanting of mantras, has been happening since thousands of years. It creates such a deep resonance in our consciousness, because our consciousness is very ancient.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

296. “Yazidis are facing the worst genocide of our times. They have been reduced from 23 million to 1 million.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

297. “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.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

298. “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

299. “Young children, who have not yet accumulated a lot of stress, exhibit an abundance of energy, enthusiasm, profound joy, and unconditional love. These qualities that manifest spontaneously in an innocent child demonstrate the truest, unadulterated, essence of humanness. We are all born with a wellspring of love and joy. These qualities are not just emotions, they are the essence of our existence. The truth of our essence cannot change, it can only be covered over and hidden from us.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

300. “Healthy breathing is the key to eliminating these toxins and harmonising emotions. Neither.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar