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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.
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You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.
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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.
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We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
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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.
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