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Anthony De Mello Quotes

When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love Picture Quote #1

There’s only one reason why you’re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on what you don’t have... But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss Picture Quote #1

The present moment is never intolerable. What’s intolerable is what’s going to happen in the next four hours. To have your body here at 8 pm and your mind at 10:30 pm, that’s what causes us suffering Picture Quote #1

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 the whole of the earth Picture Quote #1

Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts? Picture Quote #1

The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being Picture Quote #1

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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 who give this power to them Picture Quote #1

Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself Picture Quote #1

The only way that someone can be of help to you is by challenging your ideas Picture Quote #1

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within Picture Quote #1

Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings Picture Quote #1

The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom Picture Quote #1

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When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power Picture Quote #1

If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child; they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future Picture Quote #1

What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn’t harden itself to any persons or things Picture Quote #1

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg Picture Quote #1

We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known Picture Quote #1

Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you Picture Quote #1

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The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong Picture Quote #1

My experience is that it’s precisely the ones who don’t know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life Picture Quote #1

Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment Picture Quote #1

Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling Picture Quote #1

What I really enjoy is not you; it’s something that’s greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered, a kind of symphony, a kind of orchestra that plays one melody in your presence, but when you depart, the orchestra doesn’t stop. When I meet someone else, it plays another melody, which is also very delightful. And when I’m alone, it continues to play Picture Quote #1

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Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence Picture Quote #1

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 the darkness will disappear. Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you Picture Quote #1

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 something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings Picture Quote #1

If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy Picture Quote #1

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When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love (Anthony De Mello Quotes) There’s only one reason why you’re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on what you don’t have... But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The present moment is never intolerable. What’s intolerable is what’s going to happen in the next four hours. To have your body here at 8 pm and your mind at 10:30 pm, that’s what causes us suffering (Anthony De Mello Quotes) 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 the whole of the earth (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts? (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being (Anthony De Mello Quotes) 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 who give this power to them (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Rare indeed, is the relationship in which the other is not cultivated for what one can get for oneself (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The only way that someone can be of help to you is by challenging your ideas (Anthony De Mello Quotes) A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom (Anthony De Mello Quotes) When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power (Anthony De Mello Quotes) If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child; they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future (Anthony De Mello Quotes) What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn’t harden itself to any persons or things (Anthony De Mello Quotes) People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg (Anthony De Mello Quotes) We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong (Anthony De Mello Quotes) My experience is that it’s precisely the ones who don’t know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise (Anthony De Mello Quotes) The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling (Anthony De Mello Quotes) What I really enjoy is not you; it’s something that’s greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered, a kind of symphony, a kind of orchestra that plays one melody in your presence, but when you depart, the orchestra doesn’t stop. When I meet someone else, it plays another melody, which is also very delightful. And when I’m alone, it continues to play (Anthony De Mello Quotes) Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence (Anthony De Mello Quotes) 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 the darkness will disappear. Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you (Anthony De Mello Quotes) 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 something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings (Anthony De Mello Quotes) If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy (Anthony De Mello Quotes)

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