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Anthony de Mello Quotes: A lost coin is found by means of a candle; the deepest truth is found by means of a simple story.
         

A lost coin is found by means of a candle; the deepest truth is found by means of a simple story.


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There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.



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

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



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.

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.



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.

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.



Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!



When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.



You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.



One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.



"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.



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.

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.





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Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.



Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.

Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.



And sometimes, when you feel low on yourself, that's just when you have to go out there and be photographed or do a scene where you're hot stuff. You're always working on it.

And sometimes, when you feel low on yourself, that's just when you have to go out there and be photographed or do a scene where you're hot stuff. You're always working on it.



If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it.

If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it.



Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.



Rock music will never die. We all know that.

Rock music will never die. We all know that.



I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.



From the ownership of women the concept of ownership extends itself to include the products of their industry, and so there arises the ownership of things as well as of persons.

From the ownership of women the concept of ownership extends itself to include the products of their industry, and so there arises the ownership of things as well as of persons.




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