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Happiness is not something you acquire love is not something you produce love is not something you have love is something that has you.

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
Writer
Bombay
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Produce
Happiness
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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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All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.
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If I haven't received any grace today, then I was not at home. This is because God is sending deliveries constantly.
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When you cling, life is destroyed when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.
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The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved, said the preacher piously. Rubbish, said the Master. The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant .
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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All suffering comes from a person's inability to sit still and be alone.
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Problems exist only in the human mind.
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As the Arabs say, The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.
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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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