Ram Dass Quotes

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

Caring is a reflex...You live, you help.

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

If I can help one person, why wouldn't I?

I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

We do have a moral responsibility to reach out to our neighbors in need.

People are nicer than economists give us credit for. The economists cannot understand why people would work long and hard to clean up a community after a hurricane. … Most economists don’t have any interest in or understanding of psychology.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

We all need to realize that there are people out there who may be suffering and we all need to try to do our part to relieve that suffering when we can.

I'm not someone who seeks out stories of people who are suffering. I think they just kind of find me.

We should be with people who are in need.

You never know how many people are compassionate about something, especially when it's not happening to you. You just hope somebody's out there helping.

Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.

You don't need a reason to help people.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

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

Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.

Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.