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To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.

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
Disturbance
Ego
Brings
Seek
Protect
Peace
True

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This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.
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The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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Don't ask the world to change....you change first.
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Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
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Both what you run from- and what you yearn for - are within you.
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So love the thought of death, love it.
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A disciple said to him, I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up? The Master calmly replied, One's beliefs about God.
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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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I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.
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No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.
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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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