Maharajji Quotes

#1. Once a sadhu offered me some land that he had, so that I could have an ashram for fellow Westerners. I asked Maharajji about it. He said, "He wants to give you his attachment. It's not a pure gift. If it were pure he'd just give it to you instead of talking about it." (R.D.)

Ram Dass

#2. Whenever I'm really stuck, when I really need to go 'in there,' I sing the Chalisa and that connects me to Maharajji, to Hanuman, to that powerful presence that's deeper than any of that stuff. And, by touching that, I'm able to overcome whatever I'm stuck in ... at least for 10 minutes.

Krishna Das

#3. A man said to Maharajji, "You've promised for years to visit my home and you have never come. I'm not going to come to see you anymore, because you won't visit my home." Maharajji said, "Oh, I didn't understand! It's your home. I had thought it was my home and so I didn't need to visit.

Ram Dass

#4. At times Maharajji's behavior reminds me of a story Ramakrishna tells of a saint who asked a snake not to bite but to love everyone. The snake agreed. But then many people threw things at the snake. The saint found the snake all battered. "I didn't say not to hiss," said the saint.

Ram Dass

#5. Maharajji would quote Kabir: It is easy to dye your cloth, but it is hard to dye your heart.

Ram Dass

#6. Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found
that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.

Ram Dass

#7. You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.

Rick Perry

#8. Grace," he whispered as he slid his fingers over my swollen lips. "I want to be inside you so damn bad right now. But when I do that, I want to hear you scream my fucking name as you claw your nails down my back.

Christine Zolendz

#9. You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.

Phil Anselmo

#10. The police become necessary in human society
Only at that junction in human society
Where it is split between those who have and those who ain't got

Omali Yeshitela

#11. Hollywood is something else. It's such an exaggerated idea. The concept of what 'beautiful' really is is ludicrous.

Amanda Schull

#12. Moammar Gadhafi was found hiding in a storm sewer with a gold-plated gun. That's me in retirement, ladies and gentlemen.

David Letterman

#13. Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span on this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.

Elizabeth Aston

#14. Never question your ability or what destiny has called you to do. This is your Star Wars moment, my son. Stand up and do what you were meant to do.

Elisabeth Naughton

#15. Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

Henry Knox

#16. I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

Charles B. Rangel

#17. Loss makes the soul sick

Laurie Alice Eakes

#18. The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

Joe Torre

#19. Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Charlie Chaplin

#20. One who lays claim to special privilege through the priesthood doesn't understand the nature of his authority.

M. Russell Ballard

#21. Imprinting on someone is like ... Like when you see her ... Everything changes. All of a sudden, its not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her ... Nothing else matters.

Stephenie Meyer