--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Krishna Das" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Krishna Das. Plus more from Krishna Das and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/krishna-das-9567_being-hurt_we-are-not-separate-so-if-one-being-hurt_1974043.png" --- > [We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-are-not-separate-so-if-one-being-hurts-i-also-hurt/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/krishna-das-9567_being-hurt_we-are-not-separate-so-if-one-being-hurt_1974043.png) > [I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/i-knew-that-if-i-did-not-start-chanting-with-people-that-i-would/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/krishna-das-9567_able_i-knew-that-if-i-did-not-start-chanting_1148912.png) > [Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/even-if-somebody-tells-us-something-the-hit-the-light-goes-on-inside/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/krishna-das-9567_goes-on_even-if-somebody-tells-us-something-the_1420956.png) > [If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/if-i-had-been-born-in-germany-with-family-of-nazis-and-if-i-had-been/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/krishna-das-9567_belief_if-i-had-been-born-in-germany-with-famil_2016191.png) > [We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want... and then not take it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-have-to-learn-to-love-people-even-if-they-are-not-giving-you-what/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/krishna-das-9567_feels_we-have-to-learn-to-love-people-even-if_674252.jpg) > [Real compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/real-compassion-is-not-emotional-real-compassion-is-based-on-the/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/krishna-das-9567_being-hurt_real-compassion-is-not-emotional-real-co_1036397.png) > [Letting go does not mean pushing away or negating thoughts or feelings that come to us - but instead being with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/letting-go-does-not-mean-pushing-away-or-negating-thoughts-or/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/krishna-das-9567_can-do_letting-go-does-not-mean-pushing-away-or_1501197.png) > [Grace surrounds us and holds us like the sky holds everything in it … and as soon as I find a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/grace-surrounds-us-and-holds-us-like-the-sky-holds-everything-in-it/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/krishna-das-9567_drink_grace-surrounds-us-and-holds-us-like-the_1876204.png) > [If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/if-you-stub-your-toe-you-don-t-need-to-dialog-yourself-to-be-good-to/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/krishna-das-9567_be-good_if-you-stub-your-toe-you-don-t-need-to-d_441041.jpg) > [If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/if-we-know-anything-about-a-path-at-all-it-s-only-because-of-the/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/krishna-das-9567_ease_if-we-know-anything-about-a-path-at-all_2557893.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Krishna Das > [We instantly believe everything we think. Isn't that insane? It's good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-instantly-believe-everything-we-think-isn-t-that-insane-it-s-good/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/it-takes-two-to-tango-i-need-everybody-to-sing-with-me/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-are-just-here-right-we-are-just-people-doing-our-thing-and-the/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/i-chant-to-save-my-heart-every-time-i-sit-down-that-s-what-i-m-doing/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [I'm reconnecting, I'm deepening, I'm opening, I'm releasing negativity and negative thoughts and all the limitations I carry around with me - again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/i-m-reconnecting-i-m-deepening-i-m-opening-i-m-releasing-negativity/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/if-you-stub-your-toe-you-don-t-need-to-dialog-yourself-to-be-good-to/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/i-just-try-to-keep-my-heart-open-by-this-i-mean-to-try-not-to-let-my/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [Let's just chant and be good people, alright?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/let-s-just-chant-and-be-good-people-alright/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/one-of-your-biggest-lessons-so-far-in-life-has-been-to-learn-to/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/don-t-wait-for-a-guru-your-life-is-your-guru/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want... and then not take it personally. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-have-to-learn-to-love-people-even-if-they-are-not-giving-you-what/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/the-heart-is-like-a-mirror-when-we-dust-it-off-we-are-able-to-see/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/you-can-t-think-yourself-out-of-a-box-that-s-made-of-your-thoughts/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/on-the-path-it-s-impossible-to-know-how-you-are-doing-because-it-s/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) > [You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/you-cannot-think-your-way-out-of-a-box-made-of-thought/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/krishna-das/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Krishna Das", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are not separate. 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