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• A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also frustrated for they longed for something deeper. To all their objections he would simply reply: 'You have yet to understand, my friends, that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story.'

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  Distance, Frustrated, Stories

  Anthony De Mello (1999). “Anthony De Mello: Writings”

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• So love the thought of death, love it.

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  Death, Thoughts Of Death

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• The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.

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  Eye, Rose, Doe

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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.

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  Names, Earth, Height

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• The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius. The poet's greatness is contained in his words; yet the study of his words will not disclose his inspiration. God reveals himself in creation; but scrutinize creation as minutely as you wish, you will not find God, any more than you will find the soul through careful examination of your body.

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  Inspiration, Greatness, Soul

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• Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

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  People, Saint, Speak

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• Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.

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  Spirituality, States, Activity

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• The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.

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  Song, Ocean, Two

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.31, Image

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• Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?

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  Spiritual, Religious, Ocean

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.105, Image

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• You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone.

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  Eye, Disciple

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.41, Image

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• My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life.

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  Spiritual, Hot, Another Life

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.42, Image

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• Drop your false ideas. See through people. If you see through yourself, you will see through everyone. Then you will love them. Otherwise you spend the whole time grappling with your wrong notions of them, with your illusions that are constantly crashing against reality.

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  Reality, Ideas, People

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• The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.

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  Spiritual, Children, Growing Up

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• You can will an act of service but you cannot will love.

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  Acts Of Service

  "One Minute Nonsense". Book by Anthony de Mello, p. 114, 1992.

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• If you make me your authority, you harm yourself because you will not see things for yourself, and you harm me too because you refuse to see me as I am.

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  Authority, Harm, Refuse

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• A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.

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  Reality, Mirrors, Envelopes

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.113, Image

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• There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.

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  Can Do

  "One Minute Nonsense". Book by Anthony de Mello, p. 152, 1992.

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• Look for competence not claims.

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  Looks, Claims, Competence

  "One Minute Nonsense". Book by Anthony de Mello, p. 84, 1992.

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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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  Life, Spiritual, Matter

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.169, Image

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• To relate is to react. To react is to understand oneself. To understand oneself is to be enlightened. Relationships are schools for enlightenment.

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  School, Enlightenment, Awareness

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations”, p.130, Image

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• We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.

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  Life, Crazy, Ideas

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.14, Image

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• I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.

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  Being Yourself, Thinking, Way

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “The Way to Love: Meditations for Life”, p.25, Image

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• A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come into this world." "To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.

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  World, Fool, Like You

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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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  Mean, Simple, Stories

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• Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when
  you are alone?

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  Only Love

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.161, Image

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