Ram Dass's Quotes

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

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.

My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.

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

From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.

Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.

When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.