“What makes you happy or unhappy is not the world and the people around you, but the thinking in your head. As… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change.” — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
As you identify less and less with the “me”, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back,… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“So, we were born happy. We lost it. We were born with the gift of life. We lost it. We’ve got to… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“of yourself and of other people. If you wish to attain to lasting happiness you must be ready to hate father, mother,… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait."… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
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… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
The important thing is not to know who "I" is or what "I" is. You'll never succeed. There are no words for it. The… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
And increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested in having… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on one thing:… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say.… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
“And how about you? Do you want to understand and play the game of life or fool around with miracles?” — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share
