Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)

When you are already in a beautiful place, you can still be in a beautiful place.

I'm not interested in being a guru. I'm interested in being a friend.

The greatest gift you can give is your honest self.

It's all about love. It's all about connection. It's all about being here now.

When you know how to listen, everybody is the guru.

The world is perfect. It's our perception of the world that is imperfect.

The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.

Be here now.

The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

The ego is a social fiction for which someone is to blame.

The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.

The most exquisite paradox... as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.

Treat everyone you meet as if they are God in drag.

The entire spiritual journey is one of recognizing what is already there.