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You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
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Bombay
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The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved, said the preacher piously. Rubbish, said the Master. The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant .
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.
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When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
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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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You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.
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Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.
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Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.
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All conflict comes from attachment.
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What is my identity ? Nothing, said the Master. You mean that I am an emptiness and a void? said the incredulous disciple. Nothing that can be labeled. said the Master.
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Nobody is afraid of the unknown, what you really fear is the loss of the known.
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Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance all evil comes from that.
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Happiness is not something you acquire love is not something you produce love is not something you have love is something that has you.
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Because everyone is the same distance from the sun. Does it really lessen the distance if you live on top of a skyscraper?
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?
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Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.
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You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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