Quote by Ram Dass

I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

I have always said that often the religion you were born wit

Summary

This quote expresses the idea that people tend to develop a deeper connection with the religion they are born into as they grow and gain a broader understanding of various spiritual beliefs. As individuals increasingly recognize the universal aspects of truth found in different religions, they may find themselves appreciating and cherishing their own ancestral faith even more. The quote suggests that exposure to and appreciation for diverse religious perspectives can enrich one's own faith and provide a greater sense of interconnectedness with the broader world.

Topics

Religion

By Ram Dass

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punish

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe an

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are the justifications for your lies. You know, like you are doing this to protect someone you love, to keep them from feeling pain. Whatever works, just so you feel okay about the lies.

Truth Lies

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a br

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

Design

To long a sacrifice can make a stone of a heart

To long a sacrifice can make a stone of a heart

Love

It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to

It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else.

Chance Belief Chaos Coincidence

Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because

Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because a joy shared is doubled and a pain that is shared is divided.

Heart

The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion an

The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others.

Albert Schweitzer

Kindness

Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy

Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy you are so.

Attitude

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that o

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.

Douglas MacArthur

Fear

I wish you well and so I take my leave, I Pray you know me w

I wish you well and so I take my leave, I Pray you know me when we meet again.

William Shakespeare

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordina

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

Hope

I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and fr

I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.

William Shakespeare

Glory