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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.

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
Human
Sinners
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the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.
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To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.
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You do not have to change for God to love you.
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When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.
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As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories don't seek the truth.
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If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future.
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You keep insisting, I feel good because the world is right! Wrong! The world is right because I feel good. That's what all the mystics are saying.
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To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.
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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.
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You're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.
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