All that you give to others you are giving to yourself. — Anthony de Mello Awareness Copy Share Image
All is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being. — Anthony de Mello Butterfly Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. — Anthony de Mello Buddhism Copy Share Image
When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person. — Anthony de Mello Hopeful Copy Share Image
“To be properly wicked, you do not have to break the Law. Just observe it to the letter.” — Anthony de Mello Law Copy Share Image
To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
My former master taught me to accept birth and death." "Then what have you come to me for?" asked the master. "To… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
What is my identity ?" "Nothing," said the Master. "You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous… — Anthony de Mello Disciple Copy Share Image
You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But… — Anthony de Mello Change Copy Share Image
The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself. — Anthony de Mello Feigning 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 Awareness Copy Share Image
People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have… — Anthony de Mello Change Copy Share Image
The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been.… — Anthony de Mello Adventure 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
As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond… — Anthony de Mello Awakening 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 Business Copy Share Image
A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said… — Anthony de Mello Blasphemy Copy Share Image
The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
What I really enjoy is not you; it's something that's greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered,… — Anthony de Mello Delightful Copy Share Image
You will seek for God in vain till you understand that God can't be seen as a "thing"; he needs a special… — Anthony de Mello Belief Copy Share Image
You've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“Now keep looking at this unpleasant situation or person until you realize that it isn’t they that are causing the negative emotions.… — Anthony de Mello Computers 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 Children Copy Share Image
“And more assumptions: A married couple was returning from the funeral of Uncle George, who had lived with them for twenty years… — Anthony de Mello Marriage Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a world where everybody said, 'We don't know?' The fact is that you're surrounded -God… — Anthony de Mello Barriers 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 Dreams Copy Share Image