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This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Psychologist
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Bombay
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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
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Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.
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Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.
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Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.
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Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.
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The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: Those who know, do not say Those who say, do not know. When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose? All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, Put it into words. All of them were silent
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Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.
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Don't ask the world to change....you change first.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.
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You can read books without ever stepping into a library and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.
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If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future.
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The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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