Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Founder of Art of Living Foundation.

A contemporary spiritual leader known for founding the Art of Living Foundation, which focuses on personal well-being and global peace through meditation and service. His teachings blend ancient wisdom with practical tools for stress relief, emotional balance, and humanitarian work. He emphasizes the importance of spirituality in daily life and has been a proponent of interfaith dialogue and social initiatives aimed at fostering global harmony.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes about Happiness

  • If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.
  • The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.
  • Happiness depends only on your mind. When the mind is free of past impressions and future cravings, happiness is there.
  • When you see happiness in the happiness of others, that's when you will be truly happy.
  • When you are in touch with the Inner Being then irrespective of the outer state, you remain in a perpetual state of happiness!
  • In joy, in peace, in that soothing inner state, you will find happiness.
  • Don't postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.
  • You sell your happiness for peanuts! You sell your smile for pennies! I tell you, it's not worth it. The entire world is not worth your smile. Even if you are made the king or the emperor of the world, it's not worth giving away your smile.
  • I have received and I want to give. This is the path to happiness and contentment.
  • Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.