Category Quotations

Ram Dass Says: “In a non-traditional culture such as ours, dominated by technology, we value information far more than we do wisdom. But there is a difference

Ram Dass Says: “If you feel free only when you meditate, you’re not really free. Freedom does not come from turning your back on your responsibilities. The game is to be in the world but not of it. Even when…

Ram Dass Says: “I’m aware of my thoughts, but loving awareness is simply witnessing them. And loving awareness is in the moment. I have thoughts about the past and future, and those are not helpful, so I dive deep into…

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 else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works…

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.”