I would like for my life to be a statement of love and compassion- and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies. —Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
“I would like for my life to be a statement of love and compassion- and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”

Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) teacher, psychologist, author

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I adore just about all of your quotes , but this one is something I hope to achieve, hoping that I am on the right path.

Robin Lindstrom from Waterbury, CT, December 17, 2020

Thank you Ram Dass for this statement of compassion and love as part of our lives and our true work! Thank you!

Mariana Miller-D'Alessandro from Bronx, New York, December 17, 2020

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