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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Reality
Human
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Loneliness
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God in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin, you cut the string. Then God ties it up again. Making a knot, bringing you a little closer to Him. Again and again your sins cut the string and with each knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.
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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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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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