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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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Psychologist
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