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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Unobstructed
Result
Results
Heart
Love

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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
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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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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.
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You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.
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The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. Tell me, O Master, he said, why you have come into this world. To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.
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You keep insisting, I feel good because the world is right! Wrong! The world is right because I feel good. That's what all the mystics are saying.
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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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