So what if somebody recognizes you. Oh, you are a wonderful person. So what? In that person’s mind that thought came and went. It is also finished. That mind has gone. Maybe they keep an attraction for you for some days, some months, so what? That also goes it also goes. – Shri Ravi Shankar
Behind everything is your ego: I, I, I, I. But in service there is no I, because it has to be done for someone else. – Shri 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. – Shri Ravi Shankar
You have been given the highest blessing, the most precious knowledge on this planet. You are the Divine Self, you are part of the Self. Walk with that confidence. It is not arrogance. It is, again, Love. – Shri Ravi Shankar
If you do good for people, you are doing it out of your nature. – Shri Ravi Shankar
A poor man celebrates the New Year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. – Shri Ravi Shankar
Knowledge is a burden if it robs you of innocence. Knowledge is a burden if it is not integrated into life. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn?t bring joy. Knowledge is a burden if it gives you an idea that you are wise. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn’t set you free. Knowledge is a burden if it makes you feel you are special. – Shri Ravi Shankar
If you want to be comfortable, you become lazy. If you want to be perfection, you become angry. If you want to be rich, you become greedy. – Shri Ravi Shankar
Listen to others yet do not listen. If your mind gets stuck in their problems, not only are they miserable, but you also become miserable. – Shri 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. – Shri Ravi Shankar
Faith is realizing that you always get what you need. – Shri Ravi Shankar
Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence. – Shri Ravi Shankar
