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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
Everything
Love
Life
Relationships
Joy
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Happiness
Living
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Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.
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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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Don't ask the world to change....you change first.
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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