Anthony de Mello quotes - page 2

When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence. (Anthony de Mello)
The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended as pointers, were now being taken as descriptions. He loved to quote the Eastern saying "When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger. View quote
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The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song - not one. Not two. View quote
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To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance. View quote
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When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself. View quote
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A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality. View quote
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People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change. View quote
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You can will an act of service but you cannot will love. View quote
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Look for competence not claims. View quote
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The best things in life cannot be willed into being. View quote
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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. (Anthony de Mello)
People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds. View quote
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All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river. View quote
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My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth. View quote
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For the same reason that no one can help the fish to find the ocean. View quote
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new. View quote
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The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God." View quote
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The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?" View quote
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What is my identity?" "Nothing," said the Master. "You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous disciple. "Nothing that can be labeled. View quote
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There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. "Obedience keeps the rules," he would say. "Love knows when to break them." View quote
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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. (Anthony de Mello)
Isn't there such a thing as social liberation?" "Of course there is," said the Master. "How would you describe it?" "Liberation from the need to belong to the herd." View quote
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As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished. No reality fits ideology. View quote
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It's only when you become love - in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments - that you will "know." As you identify less and less with the "me," you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. View quote
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Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. View quote
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