Ram Dass Quotes

“Be here now.”

“Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is here and you will arrive now. So you stop asking.”

“Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.”

“I can do nothing for you but work on myself. You can do nothing for me but work on yourself!”

“If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.”

“It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.”

“Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.”

“You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.”