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All conflict comes from attachment.

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
Writer
Bombay
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Attachment
Conflict
Relationship

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A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. People say you are a genius . Are you? he asked. You might say so. said the Master, none too modestly. And what makes one a genius? The ability to recognize. Recognize what? The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human bein
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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
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There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'
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In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.
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The devil has a Ph.D. in perfect logic.
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To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.
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A disciple asked, Who is a Master? The Master replied, Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.
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You've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy you've got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.
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A thought is a screen, not a mirror that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
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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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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation? Of course there is, said the Master. How would you describe it? Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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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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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
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What you are aware of you are in control of what you are not aware of is in control of you.
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The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their ulcers.
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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.
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You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone.
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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