30 Best Baba Ram Dass Quotes
Ram Dass (also known as Baba Ram Dass) was a psychologist, Harvard professor, and author who inspired many people by passing on his words of wisdom for a happy successful life. Here is a collection of my favorite Ram Dass inspirational quotes.
What’s In This Post
I’ve divided these Ram Dass quotes into several categories.
| Helping Each Other Ram Dass Quotes |
| The Key to Listening Well Quote |
| Be Here Now Quotes |
| Being Enough Quotes |
| Life (Including Suffering) Offers Learning Quotes |
| Letting Go Quotes |
| Humor and Joy Ram Dass Quotes |
| Start Where You Are Quotes |
| The Paradoxes of Life Quotes |
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Helping Each Other Ram Dass Quotes
“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
“Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.”
― Ram Dass
“When you are causing suffering to others, you are causing suffering to yourself.” ― Ram Dass
“As one individual changes, the system changes.”
― Ram Dass
The Key to Listening Well Quote
This quote fits incredibly well with the attitude that I encourage couples to have to improve their communication and relationship.
My words: listen with curiosity. Listen for: What is this person trying to tell me? What have they got going on?
Ram Dass' words:
“The art of listening comes from a quiet mind and an open heart.”
― Ram Dass,
Be Here Now Quotes
“Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?”
― Ram Dass
“Wherever you are, be all there.”
“Ask yourself: Where am I?
Being Enough Quotes
― Ram Dass
“That we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.”
― 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.”
― Ram Dass, One-Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life
Life (Including Suffering) Offers Learning Quotes
“Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation.
Use it!”
― Ram Dass
“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”
― Ram Dass
“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”
― Ram Dass
Letting Go Quotes
“The Ego is an exquisite instrument.
― Ram Dass
“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.”
― Ram Dass
Humor and Joy Quotes
“Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now
“Everyone should smile. Life really isn’t that serious. We make it hard. The sun rises. The sun sets. We just tend to complicate the process.”
Start Where You Are Quotes
“Start from where you are – not where you wish you were.
“I think the message is that you don’t need to go to anywhere else to find what you are seeking.”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now
“When you are already in Detroit,
― Ram Dass
Your Path is Personal Quotes
“We each have our path.
― Ram Dass,
The Paradoxes of Life Quotes
“Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.”
― Ram Dass
You can be still and still moving.
― Ram Dass
“As soon as you give it all up you can have it all.”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now
“The freer I get, the higher I go.
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