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When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
Ram DassRam Dass Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
Ram DassRam Dass In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
Ram DassRam Dass Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.
Ram DassRam Dass What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.
Ram DassRam Dass Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
Ram DassRam Dass Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
Ram DassRam 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 DassRam Dass Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
Ram DassRam Dass The freer I get, the higher I go. The higher I go, the more I see. The more I see, the less I know. The less I know, the more I’m free.
Ram DassRam Dass Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
Ram DassRam Dass All of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall. —Vivekananda
Ram DassRam Dass We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
Ram DassRam 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.
Ram DassRam Dass Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
Ram DassRam Dass Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days. Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future. There is only here and now. Let it be.
Ram DassRam Dass
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there’s no problem, only solutions.
John LennonJohn Lennon Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
Martin Luther King JrMartin Luther King Jr Truly believe that you are meant to live an inspired life.
Les BrownLes Brown The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
John MuirJohn Muir The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Tony RobbinsTony Robbins If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.
ConfuciusConfucius