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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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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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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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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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When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.
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When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
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