--- title: "1 Killed Kent Quotes By Surya Das" description: "1 Killed Kent quotes by Surya Das. Plus more from Surya Das and more Killed Kent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg" --- > [I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and killed in Kent State in 1970 on campus by the National Guard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradiction-in-terms-especially-after/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg) ## More by Surya Das > [I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-think-that-s-what-s-important-to-see-how-we-ourselves-can-become/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [I always thought he gave me that name because I have a kind of outgoing or sunny disposition. And in those days I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-always-thought-he-gave-me-that-name-because-i-have-a-kind-of/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/so-we-re-all-living-spirit-it-s-not-about-isms-and-schims-or/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [But you know the difference between sex and love. And sex can be part of love, but what moves your heart, what's really intimate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/but-you-know-the-difference-between-sex-and-love-and-sex-can-be-part/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse, so it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/but-you-know-eventually-that-does-kind-of-veneer-chemical-veneers/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [There's many lanes on the highway of enlightenment, they don't have to be on the razor's edge like the yellow line dotted in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/there-s-many-lanes-on-the-highway-of-enlightenment-they-don-t-have-to/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [Spiritual joy is devotion, it's like a virus you know? It's a benevolent virus, but it spreads. It's infectious. Ram Dass was like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spiritual-joy-is-devotion-it-s-like-a-virus-you-know-it-s-a/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [Spiritually speaking, everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now - for those with eyes to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spiritually-speaking-everything-that-one-wants-aspires-to-and-needs/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [Contributing to others, not converting others, but for those who are interested, going where invited, speaking when asked, teaching when asked and so on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/contributing-to-others-not-converting-others-but-for-those-who-are/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/ram-dass-krishna-dass-we-all-spoke-through-interpreters-there-were/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly; may the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/when-the-sunset-of-life-arrives-and-its-twilight-shadows-fade-away/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-never-really-wanted-to-have-a-guru-i-was-more-interested-in/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/you-have-to-go-through-the-darkness-to-truly-know-the-light-this-may/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/if-we-accept-and-internalize-the-fact-of-our-own-mortality-then-by/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) > [People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be more naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/people-who-spend-a-great-deal-of-time-in-their-gardens-attest-to-the/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed-kent/surya-das/#itemlist", "name": "1 Killed Kent Quotes By Surya Das", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and killed in Kent State in 1970 on campus by the National Guard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Surya Das" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradiction-in-terms-especially-after/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and…” — Surya Das", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed-kent/surya-das/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed-kent/surya-das/", "name": "Killed Kent Quotes by Surya Das", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed-kent/surya-das/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg" }, "description": "1 Killed Kent quotes by Surya Das. 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