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How sad if we pass through life and never see it with the eyes of a child.

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
Children
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Life
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May the peace of God disturb you always.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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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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A lost coin is found by means of a candle the deepest truth is found by means of a simple story.
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Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself.
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I seek the meaning of existence, said the stranger. You are of course assuming, said the Master, that existence has a meaning. Doesn't it? When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is you will discover that your question has no meaning, said the Master.
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