Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them. Anthony de Mello More Quotes by Anthony de Mello More Quotes From Anthony de Mello When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on. Anthony de Mello being-yourself failure fear To a woman who complained about her destiny the Master said, "It is you who make your destiny." "But surely I am not responsible for being born a woman?" "Being born a woman isn't destiny. That is fate. Destiny is how you accept your womanhood and what you make of it." Anthony de Mello responsible fate destiny What can I do to see Reality as it is?" The master smiled and said, "I have good news and bad news for you, my friend." "What's the bad news?" "There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift." "And what's the good news?" "There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift. Anthony de Mello news masters reality One day, a philosopher asked, "What is the purpose of creation?" "Lovemaking," said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, "Before creation, love was. After creation, love was made. When love is consummated, creation will cease to be, and love will be forever." Anthony de Mello one-day forever love All conflict comes from attachment. Anthony de Mello conflict attachment relationship Extend Anthony de Mello best-is-yet-to-come welcome arms What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things. Anthony de Mello sensitive spiritual heart Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self. Anthony de Mello silence self sound 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. Anthony de Mello achievement hate love Said the monk: "All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from?" Said the master: "Where does your question come from?" Anthony de Mello mountain stars rivers 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. Anthony de Mello drawing cutting ties All that you give to others you are giving to yourself. Anthony de Mello self-awareness awareness giving The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom. Anthony de Mello finding-yourself land joy 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 Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth. Anthony de Mello objectivity eye giving A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy . Anthony de Mello one-day people jesus Problems only exist in the human mind. Anthony de Mello learning knowledge thinking Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth. Anthony de Mello growth pain life How sad if we pass through life and never see it with the eyes of a child. Anthony de Mello eyes-of-a-child eye children To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower." "Whom, then, shall I follow?" "No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth . Anthony de Mello visitors followers may
