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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.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Psychologist
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Bombay
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Understand your darkness and it will vanish then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and it will stop then you will wake up to reality. Understand your false beliefs and they will drop then you will know the taste of happiness.
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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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Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.
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You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
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People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.
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No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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