Anthony de Mello quotes

Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside. (Anthony de Mello)
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. View quote
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People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. View quote
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A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?" The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece. View quote
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I seek the meaning of existence." said the stranger. "You are of course, assuming." said the Master, "that existence has a meaning." "Doesn't it?" "When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is - you will discover that your question has no meaning. View quote
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A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God. View quote
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Is there life before death? - that is the question! View quote
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What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable. View quote
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You will seek for God in vain till you understand that God can't be seen as a "thing"; he needs a special way of looking - similar to that of little children whose sight is undistorted by prefabricated doctrines and beliefs. View quote
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What is the work of a Master?" said a solemn-faced visitor. "To teach people to laugh," said the Master gravely. View quote
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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. (Anthony de Mello)
"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master. View quote
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Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you. View quote
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories. View quote
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Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught. View quote
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Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die. View quote
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Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self. View quote
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When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. View quote
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories. View quote
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If you search within your heart, you will find something there that will make it possible for you to understand: a spark of disenchantment and discontent, which if fanned into flame will become a raging forest fire that will burn up the whole of the illusory world you are living in, thereby unveiling to your wondering eyes the kingdom that you have always lived in unsuspectingly. View quote
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If you never condemned you would never need to forgive. (Anthony de Mello)
One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation. View quote
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One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego. View quote
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Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it. View quote
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Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description. View quote
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