Quote

Problems exist only in the human mind.

Anthony de Mello

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Problem
Human
Humans
Mind
Exist
Problems

More quotes by Anthony de Mello

Image
Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.
Anthony de Mello
Image
Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.
Anthony de Mello
Image
All conflict comes from attachment.
Anthony de Mello
Image
You can read books without ever stepping into a library and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.
Anthony de Mello
Image
If you never condemned you would never need to forgive.
Anthony de Mello
Image
This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.
Anthony de Mello
Image
The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: Those who know, do not say Those who say, do not know. When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose? All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, Put it into words. All of them were silent
Anthony de Mello
Image
What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
Anthony de Mello
Image
Concepts are always frozen. Reality flows.
Anthony de Mello
Image
Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.
Anthony de Mello
Image
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?
Anthony de Mello
Image
The human mind makes foolish divisions in what love sees as one.
Anthony de Mello
Image
People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.
Anthony de Mello
Image
Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
Anthony de Mello
Image
Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.
Anthony de Mello
Image
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.
Anthony de Mello
Image
The world is right because I feel good. p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990
Anthony de Mello
Image
No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy. There is no event on earth that has the power to disturb you or hurt you. No event, condition, situation, or person. Nobody told you this they told you the opposite. That's why you're in the mess you're in right now. That is why you're asleep. They never told you this. But it's self-evident.
Anthony de Mello
Image
You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you understand it, it changes.
Anthony de Mello
Image
You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
Anthony de Mello