Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside. — 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
You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone? — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“Said a disciple, 'I don't trade my love for money.' Said the Master, 'isn't itas bad - or worse - that you… — 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
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
One day, a philosopher asked, "What is the purpose of creation?" "Lovemaking," said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, "Before… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“I have no fear of losing you, for you aren’t an object of my property, or anyone else’s. I love you as… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
It's only when you become love - in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments - that you will… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“What we need is not just action that will bring about change but sight that will bring about love.” — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come! — 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
A newly married couple said, "What shall we do to make our love endure?" Said the Master, "Love other things together"… — Anthony de Mello 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 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
The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
