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When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.

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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Listen
Silence
Words
Speak
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You're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.
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The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas.
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A thought is a screen, not a mirror that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
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We live in a flash of light evening comes and it is night forever. It's only a flash and we waste it. We waste it with our anxiety, our worries, our concerns, our burdens.
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Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
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The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
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I seek the meaning of existence, said the stranger. You are of course assuming, said the Master, that existence has a meaning. Doesn't it? When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is you will discover that your question has no meaning, said the Master.
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.
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When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.
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We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
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You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.
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