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The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate second, including the excluded third, admitting that you are wrong.
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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The world is right because I feel good. p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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