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We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.

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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
Living
Ideas
Everything
Love
Life
Relationships
Joy
Crazy
Happiness

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Understand your darkness and it will vanish then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and it will stop then you will wake up to reality. Understand your false beliefs and they will drop then you will know the taste of happiness.
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