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If I haven't received any grace today, then I was not at home. This is because God is sending deliveries constantly.

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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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Haven
Grace
Home
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Today
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Sending
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Constantly

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The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved, said the preacher piously. Rubbish, said the Master. The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant .
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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As you identify less and less with the “me”, 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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As the Arabs say, The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.
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We live in a flash of light evening comes and it is night forever. It's only a flash and we waste it. We waste it with our anxiety, our worries, our concerns, our burdens.
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Sin is a refusal to grow, a refusal to love, a refusal to get committed, to be concerned, and to take risks.
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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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All is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well.
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When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.
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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
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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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Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.
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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.
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Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture.
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A disciple asked, Who is a Master? The Master replied, Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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The best things in life cannot be willed into being.
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There comes a point in your life when you become stark raving insane, commit suicide or become a mystic.
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Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality, said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. Here's one, said the Master. When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
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