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The human mind makes foolish divisions in what love sees as one.
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
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Bombay
Mind
Love
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Human
Humans
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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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Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.
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There comes a point in your life when you become stark raving insane, commit suicide or become a mystic.
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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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You're so ashamed of your past drop it! You're so proud of your past drop it!
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Why is everyone here so happy except me? Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere, said the Master. Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere? Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
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When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.
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Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.
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Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
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To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.
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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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