Ram Dass: Trending quotes

“Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.”

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

“By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.”

“Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.”

“The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it--just don't get lost in it.”

“The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.”

“The next message you need is always right where you are.”

“The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.”

“We're all just walking each other home.”

“The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.”

“Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.”

“Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.”

“We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.”

“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”

“All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.”

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”

“We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness”

“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.”

“Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.”