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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
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Life
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What is love? The total absence of fear, said the Master What is it we fear? Love, said the Master.
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Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone?
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You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.
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The world is right because I feel good. p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990
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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.
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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas.
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Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling.
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Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.
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Don't ask the world to change....you change first.
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You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.
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