Ram Dass Quotes

If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.

For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.

You can't not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think about ways in which you can make the world better.

Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective.

I want to help make the world a better place.

We are all here on earth to help others.

I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.

The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others

When I see the poor in India, it reminds me of the work that I have to do for them.

Help publicly. Help privately. Help make sense where sense has gone missing. Help science to solve and faith to soothe. Help, and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.

I'm quite shocked and have been for quite a while as for the way people are treating each other. That's why I go out and I speak for the hungry, and if I see somebody needs a hug during the day, I'll go and give them a hug, and I think we should all use a little bit more of that.

Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it.

I work with a lot of different charities, and by that I don't mean merely by giving money, but by really getting involved hands-on. I've always said that one of the reasons why I was put on this Earth was to help people. That's something I've always enjoyed both here in America and if I have the opportunity when I'm traveling out of the country. For example, I like to visit orphanages to spend time with the children. That's very important to me.

Ask yourself this question every day: "How may I best serve the most people?"

I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable.

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.

Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.

The idea of community and helping others has always been a part of who I am. Growing up, my parents always made sure that my siblings and I were doing our part to serve our local community.

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.