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The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.

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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