The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The only way that someone can be of help to you is by challenging your ideas. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. — 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
Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The seeker says, "I do not know." That takes honesty. The master says, "I do not know." That takes a mystic's mind… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to… — 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
