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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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Bombay
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When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on.
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A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy .
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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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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Are you your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession? Stop identifying with them. They come and go
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What can I do to see Reality as it is? The master smiled and said, I have good news and bad news for you, my friend. What's the bad news? There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift. And what's the good news? There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift.
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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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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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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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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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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.
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These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
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Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.
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When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
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Problems exist only in the human mind.
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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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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers only plastic flowers never die.
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