Category Quotations

Ram Dass Says: “I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody

Ram Dass Says: “I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.”

Ram Dass Says: “I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, ‘My god, he’s going to know all the things I don’t want…

Ram Dass Says: “I honor the place in you where the entire Universe resides. I honor the place of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in…

Ram Dass Says: “I don’t really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.”

Ram Dass Says: “I can do nothing for you but work on myself…you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!”

Ram Dass Says: “I am not this body. I am in this body, and this is part of my incarnation and I honor it but that isn’t who I am.”

Ram Dass Says: “I am embarrassed to admit what drew me to psychology. I didn’t want to go to medical school. I was getting good grades in psychology and I was charismatic and people in the psychology department liked me.…

Ram Dass Says: “Faith is not a belief. Faith is what is left when your beliefs have all been blown to hell. Faith is in the heart, while beliefs are in the head. Experiences, even spiritual experiences, come and go.…

Ram Dass Says: “Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.”