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
people saint speak
Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.
mean reality thinking
There is no explanation you can give that will explain away all the sufferings and evil and torture and destruction and hunger in the world! You'll never explain it. Because life is a mystery, which means your thinking mind cannot make sense of it. For that you've got to wake up and then you'll suddenly realize that reality is not the problem, you are the problem.
attitude my-attitude changed
Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
may readiness
No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
wells mess
All is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well.
perfect devil logic
The devil has a Ph.D. in perfect logic.
risk sin refusal
Sin is a refusal to grow, a refusal to love, a refusal to get committed, to be concerned, and to take risks.
religious taken eye
A religious belief … is not a statement about Reality, but a hint, a clue about something that is a mystery, beyond the grasp of human thought. In short, a religious belief is only a finger pointing to the moon. Some religious people never get beyond the study of the finger. Others are engaged in sucking it. Others yet use the finger to gouge their eyes out. These are the bigots whom religion has made blind. Rare indeed is the religionist who is sufficiently detached from the finger to see what it is indicating - these are those who, having gone beyond belief, are taken for blasphemers.
heart results ifs
If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
reality world looks
As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished. No reality fits ideology.
hurt self opposites
No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy. There is no event on earth that has the power to disturb you or hurt you. No event, condition, situation, or person. Nobody told you this; they told you the opposite. That's why you're in the mess you're in right now. That is why you're asleep. They never told you this. But it's self-evident.
teacher wish
I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
children stupidity culture
Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture.
reality
Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?