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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.

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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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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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their ulcers.
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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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You are so proud of your intelligence, said the master. You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.
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You're so ashamed of your past drop it! You're so proud of your past drop it!
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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
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The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying in your coffin....Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn't it?
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.
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