--- title: "1 Being at peace Quotes By Ravi Shankar" description: "1 Being at peace quotes by Ravi Shankar. Plus more from Ravi Shankar and more Being at peace sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/ravi-shankar-17238_beautiful_whether-you-are-aware-of-them-or-not-whe_2942745.jpg" --- > [Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/whether-you-are-aware-of-them-or-not-whether-you-recognize-them-as/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/ravi-shankar-17238_beautiful_whether-you-are-aware-of-them-or-not-whe_2942745.jpg) ## Other authors on Being at peace - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-f-kennedy-51344.jpg) John F. Kennedy 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-at-peace/john-f-kennedy/) ## More by Ravi Shankar > [What Sri Chinmoy does is God-given! He has a tremendous, a fantastic creative urge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/what-sri-chinmoy-does-is-god-given-he-has-a-tremendous-a-fantastic/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/in-our-culture-we-have-such-respect-for-musical-instruments-they-are/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/one-single-raga-can-be-performed-for-two-hours-three-hours/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-will-keep-playing-as-long-as-my-body-lets-me-and-as-long-as-i-m/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [There cannot possibly be a god in heaven watching all of this calmly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/there-cannot-possibly-be-a-god-in-heaven-watching-all-of-this-calmly/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/when-people-say-that-george-harrison-made-me-famous-that-is-true-in-a/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-love-the-work-of-matisse-and-picasso-but-i-don-t-have-enough/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/pop-changes-week-to-week-month-to-month-but-great-music-is-like/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-try-to-give-to-my-music-the-spiritual-quality-very-deep-in-the-soul/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/in-the-u-k-classical-music-is-composed-by-individuals-and-written/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players, of course, Alla Rakha,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-appreciate-very-much-vilayat-khan-the-sitar-player-and-bismillah/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-have-great-difficulty-sitting-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/the-music-that-i-have-learned-and-want-to-give-is-like-worshipping/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) > [My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/my-secret-ambition-was-always-to-provide-music-for-animation-films/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-enjoy-seeing-other-indian-musicians-old-and-young-coming-to-europe/) [Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-at-peace/ravi-shankar/#itemlist", "name": "1 Being at peace Quotes By Ravi Shankar", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing; a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come...believe in them. 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