Anthony de Mello
Anthony de Mello
Anthony "Tony" de Mellowas an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. A spiritual teacher, writer and public speaker, De Mello wrote several books on spirituality and hosted numerous spiritual retreats and conferences. He continues to be known for his unconventional approach to the priesthood and his storytelling which drew from the various mystical traditions of both East and West...
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth4 September 1931
Anthony de Mello quotes about
couple love-you together
A newly married couple said, "What shall we do to make our love endure?" Said the Master, "Love other things together"....
life crazy ideas
We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
life people action
Most people don't live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts - generally somebody else's - mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical reactions.
spiritual hate guilt
And 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?
christianity said masters
"That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners," said the Master.
appreciation acceptance people
In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.
life cease destroyed
When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.
men cells vastness
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.
death thoughts-of-death
So love the thought of death, love it.
loneliness reality contact
Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
spiritual distance ignorance
The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition...
night light worry
We live in a flash of light; evening comes and it is night forever. It's only a flash and we waste it. We waste it with our anxiety, our worries, our concerns, our burdens.
suicide religious men
Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired his faith. Faith?" said the Master. He had the courage of his convictions, didn't he?" That was fanaticism, not faith. Faith demands a greater courage still: to reexamine one's convictions and reject them if they do not fit the facts.
crazy reality boss
Negative feelings are in you, not in reality. Stop trying to change reality. That's crazy! Stop trying to change the other person. We spend all our time and energy trying to change external circumstances, trying to change our spouses, our bosses, our friends, our enemies, and everybody else. We don't have to change anything. Negative feelings are in you.