The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there-so… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The cosmic humor is that if you desire to move mountains and you continue to purify yourself, ultimately you will arrive at… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
So many times each day we support each other informally without ever becoming 'helper' or 'helped.' Perhaps we're finding an article of… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
All you can do for another person is be an environment in which if they wanted to come up for air, they… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back. In most of our human relationships, we spend much… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I think that people should give gifts by really recognizing the spiritual worth of the person and their (the givers') own worth.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's what the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
