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There comes a point in your life when you become stark raving insane, commit suicide or become a mystic.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say we have a natural urge to be loved and appreciated, to belong. That’s false. Drop this illusion and you will find happiness. We have a natural urge to be free, a natural urge to love, but not to be loved.
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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're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.
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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
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The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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You sanctify whatever you are grateful for.
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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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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
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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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To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.
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The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
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