The Best Ravi Shankar quotes

Life is a ball we should play with it ! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball. — 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

Difference between motivation and inspiration–Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Think about a world which never irritated you. You’d be stuck with it forever. — 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

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

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music. — Ravi Shankar

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship. — Ravi Shankar

The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It’s absolutely like a prayer. — Ravi Shankar

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I’m wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going. — Ravi Shankar

I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are not realizing it or analyzing it–that’s the duty of the music. — Ravi Shankar

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. — Ravi Shankar

We have asked whatsapp to explain the kind of breach and what it is doing to safeguard the privacy of millions of indian citizens. — Ravi Shankar

For silicon valley, the indian market alone is bigger than the five next biggest consumer markets–by population–in the world combined. — Ravi Shankar

I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians–old and young–coming to Europe and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to that. — Ravi Shankar

I do think that my Indian classical audiences thought I was sacrificing them through working with George; I became known as the ‘fifth Beatle.’ In India, they thought I was mad. — Ravi Shankar

I feel it is very important to teach our children and our people how they should handle their negative feelings and emotions such as anger, jealousy and hatred. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Faith is realizing that you always get what you need. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don’t have enough millions to own one. And I don’t really believe in owning art, anyway. — Ravi Shankar

Have ‘eternal wait,’ infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment. — Ravi Shankar