This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding; my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.
Anthony de MelloReligion is the finger pointing to God. People are too busy licking the finger to notice where it's pointing.
Anthony de MelloIf you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy.
Anthony de MelloSaid 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?"
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