--- title: "19 Knows Quotes By Anthony de Mello" description: "19 Knows quotes by Anthony de Mello. Plus more from Anthony de Mello and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/anthony-de-mello-1331_break_obedience-keeps-the-rules-love-knows-whe_2078284.png" --- > [Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/obedience-keeps-the-rules-love-knows-when-to-break-them/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/anthony-de-mello-1331_break_obedience-keeps-the-rules-love-knows-whe_2078284.png) > [This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/this-is-what-is-ultimate-in-our-human-knowledge-of-god-to-know-that/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/anthony-de-mello-1331_god_this-is-what-is-ultimate-in-our-human-kn_779026.png) > [My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/my-experience-is-that-it-s-precisely-the-ones-who-don-t-know-what-to/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/anthony-de-mello-1331_another-life_my-experience-is-that-it-s-precisely-the_1114933.png) > [The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-day-you-are-happy-for-no-reason-whatsoever-the-day-you-find/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/anthony-de-mello-1331_delight_the-day-you-are-happy-for-no-reason-what_1530980.jpg) > [The important thing is not to know who "I" is or what "I" is. You'll never succeed. There are no words for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-important-thing-is-not-to-know-who-i-is-or-what-i-is-you-ll-never/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/anthony-de-mello-1331_important_the-important-thing-is-not-to-know-who-i_118367.png) > [If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child; they are perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/if-you-want-to-know-what-it-means-to-be-happy-look-at-a-flower-a-bird/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/anthony-de-mello-1331_bird_if-you-want-to-know-what-it-means-to-be_842695.png) > [There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/there-were-rules-in-the-monastery-but-the-master-always-warned/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/anthony-de-mello-1331_break_there-were-rules-in-the-monastery-but-th_236522.png) > [Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people-even-though-they-don-t-know/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/anthony-de-mello-1331_awakened_spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people_1343797.jpg) > [It's only when you become love - in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments - that you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/it-s-only-when-you-become-love-in-other-words-when-you-have-dropped/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/anthony-de-mello-1331_attachment_it-s-only-when-you-become-love-in-other_1309020.png) > [The seeker says, "I do not know." That takes honesty. The master says, "I do not know." That takes a mystic's mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes-honesty-the-master-says-i-do/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/anthony-de-mello-1331_borrowed_the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes_2182491.png) > [You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian-non-christian-no-matter-what/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/anthony-de-mello-1331_catholic_you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian_207184.jpg) > [Tell me," said the atheist , "Is there a God really?" Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/tell-me-said-the-atheist-is-there-a-god-really-said-the-master-if-you/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/anthony-de-mello-1331_affirming_tell-me-said-the-atheist-is-there-a-god_1856849.png) > [This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed-without-the-slightest-effort/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/anthony-de-mello-1331_action_this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed_2932072.png) > [Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/understand-your-darkness-and-it-will-vanish-then-you-will-know-what/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/anthony-de-mello-1331_belief_understand-your-darkness-and-it-will-van_2360346.jpg) > [The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: "Those who know, do not say; Those who say, do not know."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-disciples-were-absorbed-in-a-discussion-of-lao-tzu-s-dictum-those/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/anthony-de-mello-1331_buddhist_the-disciples-were-absorbed-in-a-discuss_531345.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/wouldn-t-it-be-wonderful-if-we-had-a-world-where-everybody-said-we/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/anthony-de-mello-1331_barriers_wouldn-t-it-be-wonderful-if-we-had-a-wor_656586.jpg) > [Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/waking-up-is-unpleasant-you-know-you-are-nice-and-comfortable-in-bed/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/anthony-de-mello-1331_awakening_waking-up-is-unpleasant-you-know-you-are_2402262.jpg) > [And increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/and-increasingly-you-know-this-and-so-do-i-we-re-losing-the-youth/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/anthony-de-mello-1331_guilt_and-increasingly-you-know-this-and-so-do_128911.png) > [As you identify less and less with the “me”, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/as-you-identify-less-and-less-with-the-me-you-will-be-more-at-ease/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/anthony-de-mello-1331_afraid-of-being-hurt_as-you-identify-less-and-less-with-the-m_1641022.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Anthony de Mello > [The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-poor-think-they-will-be-happy-when-they-become-rich-the-rich/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-only-change-what-you-understand-what-you-do-not-understand-and/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/a-zealous-disciple-expressed-a-desire-to-teach-others-the-truth-and/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/as-the-arabs-say-the-nature-of-rain-is-the-same-but-it-makes-thorns/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/sinners-often-speak-the-truth-and-saints-have-led-people-astray/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/isn-t-there-such-a-thing-as-social-liberation-of-course-there-is-said/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-important-thing-is-not-to-know-who-i-is-or-what-i-is-you-ll-never/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [And increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested in having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/and-increasingly-you-know-this-and-so-do-i-we-re-losing-the-youth/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/spirituality-practiced-in-the-state-of-activity-is-incomparably/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on one thing:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian-non-christian-no-matter-what/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/there-were-rules-in-the-monastery-but-the-master-always-warned/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/a-disciple-in-his-reverence-for-the-master-looked-upon-him-as-god/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [“And how about you? Do you want to understand and play the game of life or fool around with miracles?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/and-how-about-you-do-you-want-to-understand-and-play-the-game-of-life/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-don-t-have-to-add-anything-in-order-to-be-happy-you-ve-got-to/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) > [Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/rare-indeed-is-the-relationship-in-which-the-other-is-not-cultivated/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/anthony-de-mello/#itemlist", "name": "19 Knows Quotes By Anthony de Mello", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obedience keeps the rules. 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They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony de Mello" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people-even-though-they-don-t-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/anthony-de-mello-1331_awakened_spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people_1343797.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/anthony-de-mello-1331_awakened_spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people_1343797.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/anthony-de-mello-1331_awakened_spirituality-means-waking-up-most-people_1343797.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. 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The master says, \"I do not know.\" That takes a mystic's mind that knows things through non-knowing. The disciple says, \"I know.\" That takes ignorance, in the form of borrowed knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony de Mello" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes-honesty-the-master-says-i-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/anthony-de-mello-1331_borrowed_the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes_2182491.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/anthony-de-mello-1331_borrowed_the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes_2182491.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/anthony-de-mello-1331_borrowed_the-seeker-says-i-do-not-know-that-takes_2182491.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The seeker says, \"I do not know.\" That takes honesty. 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They are having a nightmare.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony de Mello" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian-non-christian-no-matter-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/anthony-de-mello-1331_catholic_you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian_207184.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/anthony-de-mello-1331_catholic_you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian_207184.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/anthony-de-mello-1331_catholic_you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian_207184.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what…” — Anthony de Mello", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tell me,\" said the atheist , \"Is there a God really?\" Said the master, \"If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer.\" Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered. \"Because the question is unanswerable,\" said the Master. \"So you are an atheist?\" \"Certainly not. 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If you are fortunate enough to be Awakened thus, you will know why the finest language is the one that is not spoken, the finest action is the one that is not done and the finest change is the one that is not willed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony de Mello" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed-without-the-slightest-effort/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/anthony-de-mello-1331_action_this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed_2932072.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/anthony-de-mello-1331_action_this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed_2932072.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/anthony-de-mello-1331_action_this-is-what-wisdom-means-to-be-changed_2932072.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed…” — Anthony de Mello", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. 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