Anthony de Mello Quotes

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart...

A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Realit...

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberatio...

Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.

If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelmin...

The world is right because I feel good.p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990

As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. ...

Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery a...

Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, w...

The Master made it his task to destroy systematically everydoctrine, every belief, every concept of ...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, w...

The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal...

People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, ...

The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change.

Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependenc...

The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas. If you're ready to listen a...

As one man said, "I got a pretty good education. It took me years to get over it." That's what spiri...

We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.

We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause - for ...

Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.

True tolerance only arises from a keen awareness of the abysmal ignorance of everyone as far as trut...

Of what use is it to be tolerant of others if you are convinced that you are right and everyone who ...

The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint u...

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.

When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser toda...

When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.