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Said the monk: All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from? Said the master: Where does your question come from?

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Psychologist
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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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A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.
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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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When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.
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One day, a philosopher asked, What is the purpose of creation? Lovemaking, said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, Before creation, love was. After creation, love was made. When love is consummated, creation will cease to be, and love will be forever.
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Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.
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May the peace of God disturb you always.
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When you cling, life is destroyed when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.
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There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say we have a natural urge to be loved and appreciated, to belong. That’s false. Drop this illusion and you will find happiness. We have a natural urge to be free, a natural urge to love, but not to be loved.
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Take the leap! You cannot cross a chasm in little jumps.
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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.
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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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Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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All suffering comes from a person's inability to sit still and be alone.
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No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg
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If I haven't received any grace today, then I was not at home. This is because God is sending deliveries constantly.
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One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.
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