Anthony de Mello Quotes About Evil

Quotes about: Evil

• 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.

  Anthony de Mello

  Love Is, Light, Evil People

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

• My life is like shattered glass." said the visitor. "My soul is tainted with evil. Is there any hope for me? "Yes," said the Master. "There is something whereby each broken thing is bound again and every stain made clean." "What?" "Forgiveness" "Whom do I forgive?" "Everyone: Life, God, your neighbor especially yourself." "How is that done?" "By understanding that no one is to blame," said the Master. "NO ONE.

  Anthony de Mello

  Glasses, Broken, Evil

• 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

  Cutting, Expression, Law

• To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.

  Anthony de Mello

  Fighting, Light, Hands

• Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance; all evil comes from that.

  Anthony de Mello

  Ignorance, Evil, Tragedy

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.150, Image

• There is no explanation you can give that will explain away all the sufferings and evil and torture and destruction and hunger in the world! You'll never explain it. Because life is a mystery, which means your thinking mind cannot make sense of it. For that you've got to wake up and then you'll suddenly realize that reality is not the problem, you are the problem.

  Anthony de Mello

  Mean, Reality, Thinking

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