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To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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Bombay
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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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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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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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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg the saint in a selfish human being.
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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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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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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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Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone?
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A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.
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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
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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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You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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