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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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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Ultimate
Knowledge
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Humans

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the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.
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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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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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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.
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So love the thought of death, love it.
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Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone?
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Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.
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When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love.
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A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy .
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Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence.
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Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.
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A newly married couple said, What shall we do to make our love endure? Said the Master, Love other things together.
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You do not have to change for God to love you.
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No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
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It's only when you become love - in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments - that you will know. As you identify less and less with the me, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything.
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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.
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As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories don't seek the truth.
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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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