--- title: "22 Way Quotes By Ram Dass" description: "22 Way quotes by Ram Dass. Plus more from Ram Dass and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ram-dass-784_emerging_i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself_110988.png" --- > [I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself-and-i-work-on-myself-to-help/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ram-dass-784_emerging_i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself_110988.png) > [We reap in age what we have sown, in our values, all along the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/we-reap-in-age-what-we-have-sown-in-our-values-all-along-the-way/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/ram-dass-784_age_we-reap-in-age-what-we-have-sown-in-our_1222042.png) > [My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/my-belief-is-that-i-wasn-t-born-into-judaism-by-accident-and-so-i/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/ram-dass-784_accidents_my-belief-is-that-i-wasn-t-born-into-jud_703968.png) > [Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/healing-does-not-mean-going-back-to-the-way-things-were-before-but/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/ram-dass-784_doe_healing-does-not-mean-going-back-to-the_1026110.png) > [Gratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/gratitude-opens-your-heart-and-opening-your-heart-is-a-wonderful-and/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/ram-dass-784_easy_gratitude-opens-your-heart-and-opening-y_952475.png) > [You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/you-look-at-the-tree-and-you-allow-it-you-see-why-it-is-the-way-it-is/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/ram-dass-784_flower_you-look-at-the-tree-and-you-allow-it-yo_1780999.png) > [I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-practice-turning-people-into-trees-which-means-appreciating-them/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/ram-dass-784_appreciate_i-practice-turning-people-into-trees-whi_636490.png) > [If I'm going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and open my heart. If I'm going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/if-i-m-going-to-die-the-best-way-to-prepare-is-to-quiet-my-mind-and/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/ram-dass-784_best-way_if-i-m-going-to-die-the-best-way-to-prep_404152.png) > [When you concentrate on the middle of your chest - this is where loving awareness lives. This is the spiritual heart. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/when-you-concentrate-on-the-middle-of-your-chest-this-is-where-loving/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/ram-dass-784_awareness_when-you-concentrate-on-the-middle-of-yo_2197278.png) > [As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/as-you-look-at-many-people-s-lives-you-see-that-their-suffering-is-in/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/ram-dass-784_comfortable_as-you-look-at-many-people-s-lives-you-s_2311824.png) > [Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/institutions-don-t-change-the-world-in-fundamental-ways-the-way-the/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/ram-dass-784_change_institutions-don-t-change-the-world-in-f_2901940.png) > [The dance goes from realizing that you're separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-dance-goes-from-realizing-that-you-re-separate-which-is-the/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/ram-dass-784_awakening_the-dance-goes-from-realizing-that-you-r_2081198.jpg) > [The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-stroke-has-given-me-another-way-to-serve-people-it-lets-me-feel/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/ram-dass-784_another_the-stroke-has-given-me-another-way-to-s_2853617.jpg) > [The way we regard death is critical to the way we experience life. When your fear of death changes, the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-way-we-regard-death-is-critical-to-the-way-we-experience-life/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/ram-dass-784_critical_the-way-we-regard-death-is-critical-to-t_950556.png) > [The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-way-you-come-to-fully-appreciate-the-infusion-of-the-spirit-is-to/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/ram-dass-784_appreciate_the-way-you-come-to-fully-appreciate-the_530641.png) > [After meditating for some years, I began to see the patterns of my own behavior. As you quiet your mind, you begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/after-meditating-for-some-years-i-began-to-see-the-patterns-of-my-own/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/ram-dass-784_behavior_after-meditating-for-some-years-i-began_3015227.png) > [The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-question-we-need-to-ask-ourselves-is-whether-there-is-any-place/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/ram-dass-784_acting_the-question-we-need-to-ask-ourselves-is_2070502.png) > [After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being...there is yet one more step to the completion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/after-one-arrives-at-the-summit-after-going-through-the-total/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/ram-dass-784_age_after-one-arrives-at-the-summit-after-go_2829154.jpg) > [In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/in-india-there-s-a-way-of-seeing-life-as-a-cosmic-play-it-s-called/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/ram-dass-784_cosmic_in-india-there-s-a-way-of-seeing-life-as_352960.png) > [Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts.. if we can keep them open to God, will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/our-rational-minds-can-never-understand-what-has-happened-but-our/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/ram-dass-784_gods-will_our-rational-minds-can-never-understand_1657133.png) > [You give up not meditating. It's called meditation action. There's no way out of it. Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/you-give-up-not-meditating-it-s-called-meditation-action-there-s-no/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/ram-dass-784_action_you-give-up-not-meditating-it-s-called-m_1751858.png) > [The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-universe-is-made-up-of-experiences-that-are-designed-to-burn-out/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/ram-dass-784_attachment_the-universe-is-made-up-of-experiences-t_3001015.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Ram Dass > [Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/most-of-us-are-convinced-that-we-are-our-egos-which-is-who-we-think/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/this-is-the-pathless-path-returning-to-where-you-were-initially/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/souls-love-that-s-what-souls-do-egos-don-t-but-souls-do-become-a-soul/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-would-like-my-life-to-be-a-statement-of-love-and-compassion-and/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-spiritual-journey-is-individual-highly-personal-it-can-t-be/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [The person who says, 'I'm enlightened' probably isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-person-who-says-i-m-enlightened-probably-isn-t/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/accidents-are-just-from-where-you-re-looking-to-the-ego-it-looks-like/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [Fear of death only comes through the brittleness of the ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/fear-of-death-only-comes-through-the-brittleness-of-the-ego/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/just-because-you-are-seeing-divine-light-experiencing-waves-of-bliss/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/along-with-faith-comes-the-requirement-for-dogged-persistence-at/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself-and-i-work-on-myself-to-help/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [Old age spiritualizes people naturally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/old-age-spiritualizes-people-naturally/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [The ego is a tool. You don't separate it. It's a tool for the spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-ego-is-a-tool-you-don-t-separate-it-it-s-a-tool-for-the-spirit/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [It's very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/it-s-very-hard-to-grow-because-it-s-difficult-to-let-go-of-the-models/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman, in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Christ said, 'the kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/all-that-you-seek-is-already-within-you-in-hinduism-it-is-called-the/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/ram-dass/#itemlist", "name": "22 Way Quotes By Ram Dass", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's what the emerging game is all about.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ram Dass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself-and-i-work-on-myself-to-help/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ram-dass-784_emerging_i-help-people-as-a-way-to-work-on-myself_110988.png", "contentUrl": 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