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You are so proud of your intelligence, said the master. You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.
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 way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying in your coffin....Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn't it?
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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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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.
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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
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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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You're so ashamed of your past drop it! You're so proud of your past drop it!
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A newly married couple said, What shall we do to make our love endure? Said the Master, Love other things together.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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