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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?
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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More quotes by Anthony de Mello
It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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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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The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended as pointers, were now being taken as descriptions. He loved to quote the Eastern saying When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
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You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.
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People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.
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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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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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Both what you run from- and what you yearn for - are within you.
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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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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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People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.
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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.
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Take the leap! You cannot cross a chasm in little jumps.
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You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.
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Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?
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There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.
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Is there life before death? - that is the question!
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What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things.
Anthony de Mello
The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
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