All Anthony de Mello Quotes
- "What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master. Absence
- Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts? Concepts
- The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being. Butterfly
- When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach. Cannot Reach
- There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift. Funny
- When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger. All
- I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in… Admit
- The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept God. Attaining
- All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river. All
- As you identify less and less with the “me”, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you know why? Because… Afraid
- If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet… Carpet
- Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside. Cannot See
- When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. See
- Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you… Another Illusion
- As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories; don't seek the truth. Drop
- The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two. Light
- The human mind makes foolish divisions in what love sees as one. Division
- There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love… Always Warned
- Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and… Acquire
- 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 got to drop… Add
- Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. 'You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself.… Charity
- A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also… All
- Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself. Cultivated
- Problems only exist in the human mind. Exist
- The only way that someone can be of help to you is by challenging your ideas. Challenges