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Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers only plastic flowers never die.

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
Alive
Dies
Whatever
Look
Looks
Plastic
Must
Flowers
Never
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Truly

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You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.
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