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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Robin Lindstrom from Waterbury, CT DECEMBER 17, 2020
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.
Mariana Miller-D'Alessandro from Bronx, New York 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!

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