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The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: Those who know, do not say Those who say, do not know. When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose? All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, Put it into words. All of them were silent

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished. No reality fits ideology.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation? Of course there is, said the Master. How would you describe it? Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.
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People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.
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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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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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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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Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.
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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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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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Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality, said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. Here's one, said the Master. When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.
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