All that you give to others you are giving to yourself. — Anthony de Mello Awareness Copy Share Image
You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story. — Anthony de Mello Distance Copy Share Image
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. — Anthony de Mello Awareness Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable. — Anthony de Mello Buddhism Copy Share Image
A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality. — Anthony de Mello Envelopes Copy Share Image
"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master. — Anthony de Mello Absence Copy Share Image
We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known. — Anthony de Mello Fear Copy Share Image
“The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change.” — Anthony de Mello Happiness Copy Share Image
We see people and things not as they are, but as we are. — Anthony de Mello Perception Copy Share Image
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness… — Anthony de Mello Awareness Copy Share Image
As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in… — Anthony de Mello Flower Copy Share Image
Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They… — Anthony de Mello Events Copy Share Image
A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country,… — Anthony de Mello Adventure Copy Share Image
Most people don't live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts - generally somebody else's - mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical… — Anthony de Mello Action Copy Share Image
This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding; my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world. — Anthony de Mello Blessing Copy Share Image
In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval,… — Anthony de Mello Acceptance Copy Share Image
I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you… — Anthony de Mello Behave Copy Share Image
Negative feelings are in you, not in reality. Stop trying to change reality. That's crazy! Stop trying to change the other person.… — Anthony de Mello Boss Copy Share Image
A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories,… — Anthony de Mello Complaints Copy Share Image
Anytime you have a negative feeling toward anyone, you're living in an illusion. There's something seriously wrong with you. You're not seeing… — Anthony de Mello Blame Copy Share Image
The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which… — Anthony de Mello Belief 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 Bars 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 Appreciated Copy Share Image
If you search within your heart, you will find something there that will make it possible for you to understand: a spark… — Anthony de Mello Discontent Copy Share Image
If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of… — Anthony de Mello Attachment Copy Share Image
Do you want a sign that you're asleep? Here it is: you're suffering. Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch… — Anthony de Mello Clash 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
“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
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
“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
Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The… — Anthony de Mello Add Copy Share Image
Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you… — Anthony de Mello Believe Copy Share Image
