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You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone.

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
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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All is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well.
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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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What is the secret of your serenity? Said the master: Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song β€” not one. Not two.
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Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.
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A thought is a screen, not a mirror that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
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You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.
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The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: Those who know, do not say Those who say, do not know. When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose? All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, Put it into words. All of them were silent
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If you never condemned you would never need to forgive.
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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Is there life before death? - that is the question!
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We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known.
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As you identify less and less with the β€œme”, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you know why? Because you are no longer afraid of being hurt or not liked. You no longer desire to impress anyone. Can you imagine the relief when you don't have to impress anybody anymore? Oh, what a relief. Happiness at last!
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When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on.
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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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You don't have to add anything in order to be happy you've got to drop something.
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