Anthony de Mello: Frasi in inglese

Anthony de Mello era gesuita e scrittore indiano. Frasi in inglese.
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“You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.”

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“The Master once referred to the Hindu notion that all creation is "leela" — God's play — and the universe is his playground. The aim of spirituality, he claimed, is to make all life play.
This seemed too frivolous for a puritanical visitor. "Is their no room then for work?"
"Of course there is. But work becomes spiritual only when it is transformed into play."”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 96
("Leela" is more commonly spelled "Lila")

“To a disciple who was forever complaining about others the Master said, "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."”

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Transformation
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“Never complain about what you permit.”

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Mike Murdock, in The One-Minute Devotional (1994), p. 168
Misattributed

“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."”

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Revolution
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“The law is an expression of God's holy will and as such must be honored and loved," said the preacher piously.
"Rubbish," said the Master. "The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 67

“I seek the meaning of existence." said the stranger.
"You are of course, assuming." said the Master, "that existence has a meaning."
"Doesn't it?"
"When you experience existence as it is — not as you think it is — you will discover that your question has no meaning.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 171

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

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 73

“The Master never ceased to attack the notions about God that people entertain.”

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Prayer
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality," said the skeptic who was ready for an argument.
"Here's one," said the Master. "When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 80

“The master was never impressed by diplomas or degrees. He scrutinized the person, not the certificate.
He was once heard to say, 'When you have ears to hear a bird in song, you don't need to look at its credentials.”

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Origine: Anthony De Mello : Writings (1999), p. 76

“Isn't there such a thing as social liberation?"
"Of course there is," said the Master.
"How would you describe it?"
"Liberation from the need to belong to the herd."”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 172

“Some people write to make a living; others to share their insights or raise questions that will haunt their readers; others yet to understand their very souls. None of these will last. That distinction belongs to those who write only because if they did not write they would burst… These writers give expression to the divine — no matter what they write about.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 70

“A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?"
The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God."”

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Belief
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 33

“One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.”

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Origine: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 177