Anthony de Mello
Anthony de Mello
Anthony "Tony" de Mellowas an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. A spiritual teacher, writer and public speaker, De Mello wrote several books on spirituality and hosted numerous spiritual retreats and conferences. He continues to be known for his unconventional approach to the priesthood and his storytelling which drew from the various mystical traditions of both East and West...
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth4 September 1931
Anthony de Mello quotes about
spiritual people mind
People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.
spiritual doe said
Said the master: "Where does your question come from?"
distance sun doe
Because everyone is the same distance from the sun. Does it really lessen the distance if you live on top of a skyscraper?
loss known
Nobody is afraid of the unknown, what you really fear is the loss of the known.
spirituality states activity
Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.
silence speak dear
When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
mystic feigning sleepers
The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
commitment consistency
My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth .
ego protect disturbance
To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.
things-in-life best-things-in-life best-things
The best things in life cannot be willed into being.
song heart wind
The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
before-death
Is there life before death? - that is the question!
wall taken eye
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the wall. One day an ant came into his cell. The man contemplated it in fascination as it crawled around the room. He held it in the palm of his hand the better to observe it, gave it a grain or two, and kept it under his tin cup at night. One day it suddenly struck him that it had taken him ten long years of solitary confinement to open his eyes to the loveliness of an ant.
only-love
Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone?