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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.
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
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Bombay
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The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom.
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The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.
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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
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May the peace of God disturb you always.
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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 butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
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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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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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Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.
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Are you your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession? Stop identifying with them. They come and go
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Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?
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The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate second, including the excluded third, admitting that you are wrong.
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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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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love.
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To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, You may live with me, but don't become my follower. Whom, then, shall I follow? No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth .
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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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