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A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. People say you are a genius . Are you? he asked. You might say so. said the Master, none too modestly. And what makes one a genius? The ability to recognize. Recognize what? The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human bein

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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If you never condemned you would never need to forgive.
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May the peace of God disturb you always.
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Both what you run from- and what you yearn for - are within you.
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If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future.
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There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'
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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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If what you said was true, where was the need to shout?
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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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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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My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth.
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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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The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you understand it, it changes.
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If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.
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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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