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Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself.
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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There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say we have a natural urge to be loved and appreciated, to belong. That’s false. Drop this illusion and you will find happiness. We have a natural urge to be free, a natural urge to love, but not to be loved.
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So love the thought of death, love it.
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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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Both what you run from- and what you yearn for - are within you.
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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
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Religion is the finger pointing to God. People are too busy licking the finger to notice where it's pointing.
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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation? Of course there is, said the Master. How would you describe it? Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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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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One day, a philosopher asked, What is the purpose of creation? Lovemaking, said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, Before creation, love was. After creation, love was made. When love is consummated, creation will cease to be, and love will be forever.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.
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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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The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.
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Said the master: Where does your question come from?
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The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom.
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If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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Nobody is afraid of the unknown, what you really fear is the loss of the known.
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