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
matter spirituality damn
You're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.
stars rivers mountain
Said the monk: "All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from?" Said the master: "Where does your question come from?"
suicide religious men
Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired his faith. Faith?" said the Master. He had the courage of his convictions, didn't he?" That was fanaticism, not faith. Faith demands a greater courage still: to reexamine one's convictions and reject them if they do not fit the facts.
appreciation acceptance people
In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.
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?
reality ideas people
Drop your false ideas. See through people. If you see through yourself, you will see through everyone. Then you will love them. Otherwise you spend the whole time grappling with your wrong notions of them, with your illusions that are constantly crashing against reality.
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.