Ram Dass on force
Ram Dass100 quotes“You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.”
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You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
Ram DassRam Dass Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
Ram DassRam Dass The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
Ram DassRam Dass By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
Ram DassRam Dass Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.
Ram DassRam Dass The next message you need is always right where you are.
Ram DassRam Dass I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.
Ram DassRam Dass I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
Ram DassRam Dass We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.
Ram DassRam Dass Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.
Ram DassRam Dass It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
Ram DassRam Dass Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
Ram DassRam Dass If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
Ram DassRam Dass Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.
Ram DassRam Dass The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
Ram DassRam Dass When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
Ram DassRam Dass
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on force
Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Despite the fear, we have to choose to jump or be forced to live with regret.
J. ColeJ. Cole Don’t force yourself into crevices that are much too small For your big, wild heart.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown You cannot force a vine to grow the fruit of an apple tree, for the sake of your love of apples. What fruit can it possibly bear?
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Follow the path that forces your soul to glow and your heart to shine through your eyes.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
David HumeDavid Hume Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes