Anthony de Mello Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Selfish, Butterfly, Eggs

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.206, Image

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• the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.

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  Lying, Age, Accepting

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• A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.

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  Teacher, Practice, Theory

  "One Minute Wisdom". Book by Anthony de Mello, 1989.

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• Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. "Give me back my wife. Give me back my job. Give me back my money. Give me back my reputation, my success." This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That's all. Even the best psychologist will tell you that, that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful.

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  Life, Success, Spiritual

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• God in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin, you cut the string. Then God ties it up again. Making a knot, bringing you a little closer to Him. Again and again your sins cut the string and with each knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.

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  Cutting, Drawing, Ties

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.116, Image

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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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  Spiritual, Hurt, Desire

  "Awareness: The Perils and Oppurtunities of Reality". Book by Anthony de Mello, p. 96, June 1, 1990.

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• Is there life before death? - that is the question!

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  Before Death

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.74, Image

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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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  Reality, Light, Darkness

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “The Way to Love: Meditations for Life”, p.7, Image

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• "What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

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  Love, Absence, Masters

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.203, Image

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• Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?" Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about.

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  Love Is, Light, Evil People

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.61, Image

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• The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying in your coffin....Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn't it?

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  Change, Lying, Looks

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• No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy. There is no event on earth that has the power to disturb you or hurt you. No event, condition, situation, or person. Nobody told you this; they told you the opposite. That's why you're in the mess you're in right now. That is why you're asleep. They never told you this. But it's self-evident.

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  Hurt, Self, Opposites

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.79, Image

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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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  Love, Hate, Achievement

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.59, Image

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• If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child; they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future.

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  Children, Flower, Mean

  "The Way to Love : The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello". Book by Anthony de Mello, 1995.

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• Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

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  Spiritual, Hurt, People

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.113, Image

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• You can never be free
  as long as you have an ego to defend.

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  Long, Ego

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• Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.

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  Ambition, Greed, Life Is

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.78, Image

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• Both what you run from-
  and what you yearn for -
  are within you.

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  Running, Within You

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• As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back, don't we? We cling to things in the past and cling to things in the present...Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don't hold on to a few bars of the music. Don't hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass.

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  Happiness, Couple, Lying

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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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  Love You, Ideas, Hopeful

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.8, Image

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• Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.

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  Life, Pain, Growth

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.107, Image

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• All suffering comes from a person's inability to sit still and be alone.

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  Suffering, Inability, Persons

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.90, Image

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• These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.

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  Compassion, Race, Silence

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• Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling.

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  Happiness, Sorry, Fear

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.54, Image

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• The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.

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  Kings, Bread, Philosopher

  Anthony De Mello (2016). “The Song of the Bird”, p.86, Image

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