Anthony de Mello
1931-1987 • Indian
Christian MysticismZen
Jesuit priest and psychotherapist who blended Christian spirituality with Buddhist and Hindu insights.
Key Works
- Awareness
- The Way to Love
- Song of the Bird
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Quotes by Anthony de Mello
101 quotes“You have only to look at yourself.”
interiorityAwareness
“To live is to love.”
loveThe Way to Love
“To love is to live.”
loveThe Way to Love
“Most people do not love. They cling.”
loveThe Way to Love
“You can only love when you are fully present.”
loveThe Way to Love
“Detachment is not noninvolvement. It is freedom.”
detachmentThe Way to Love
“You don't have to be the way they say you should.”
authenticityAwareness
“There is nothing wrong with you. Get that into your head.”
wholenessAwareness
“Most people don't love. They are programmed to need.”
loveThe Way to Love
“To wake up is to die to your conditioning.”
awakeningAwareness
“Reality is the only thing worth knowing.”
realityAwareness
“Stop trying to control. Start trying to see.”
seeingAwareness
“Truth is what you see when you stop looking through the eyes of others.”
truthAwareness
“You don't need to be approved of.”
freedomAwareness
“To love yourself, you must first know yourself.”
self-loveThe Way to Love
“Knowledge is danger when it is not accompanied by awareness.”
awarenessAwareness
“To live in awareness is to live in love.”
awarenessThe Way to Love
“The disciple asked the master: 'What is enlightenment?' The master said: 'Eat your rice.'”
presenceOne Minute Wisdom
“The greatest mistake is to think that you are the body and the mind.”
identityAwareness
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