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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 knows when to break them.'

Anthony De Mello

Jesuit Priest and Author

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To a woman who complained about her destiny the Master said, 'It is you who make your destiny.'

'But surely I am not responsible for being born a woman?'

'Being born a woman isn't destiny. That is fate. Destiny is how you accept your womanhood and what you make of it.'

Anthony De Mello

Jesuit Priest and Author

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When you hear 'Repent for your past,' realize it's a great religious distraction from waking up. Wake up! That's what repent means. Not 'weep for your sins.' Wake up! Stop all the crying. Understand! Wake up!

Anthony De Mello

Jesuit Priest and Author

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Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?' Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people'? Or can a tree say, 'I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad'? These are images of what love is about.

Anthony De Mello

Jesuit Priest and Author

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Said a disappointed visitor, 'Why has my stay here yielded no fruit?'

'Could it be because you lacked the courage to shake the tree?' said the Master benignly.

Anthony de Mello

Jesuit Priest and Author

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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. I was just doing my dance. It helped you, that's wonderful. Congratulations to you. No credit to me.

Anthony de Mello

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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

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Problems only exist in the human mind.

Anthony de Mello

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"Why is everyone so happy except for me," asked the student.

"Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere" said the master.

"Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?"

"Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."

Anthony de Mello

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