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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying in your coffin....Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn't it?
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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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When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
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There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.
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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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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.
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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.
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