A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
Anthony de MelloMost people don't live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts - generally somebody else's - mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical reactions.
Anthony de MelloPeople who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.
Anthony de MelloAnd increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested in having more fears and guilt laid on them. They're not interested in more sermons and exhortations. But they are interested in learning about love. How can I be happy? How can I live? How can I taste the marvelous things that the mystics speak of?
Anthony de Mello