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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Bombay
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The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom.
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The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: Those who know, do not say Those who say, do not know. When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose? All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, Put it into words. All of them were silent
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When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
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If I haven't received any grace today, then I was not at home. This is because God is sending deliveries constantly.
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The world is right because I feel good. p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990
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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.
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A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and capitalism. Father Arrupe gave him a lovely reply. He said, A system is about as good or as bad as the people who use it. People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.
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What is the work of a Master? said a solemn-faced visitor. To teach people to laugh , said the Master gravely.
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As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished. No reality fits ideology.
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There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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So love the thought of death, love it.
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Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance all evil comes from that.
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One day, a philosopher asked, What is the purpose of creation? Lovemaking, said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, Before creation, love was. After creation, love was made. When love is consummated, creation will cease to be, and love will be forever.
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The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved, said the preacher piously. Rubbish, said the Master. The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant .
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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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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.
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Concepts are always frozen. Reality flows.
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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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