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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.

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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Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Serenity
Cooperation
Inevitable
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