“One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 73
Anthony de Mello: 135 citations0 J'aime
Anthony de Mello: Citations en anglais
“The Master never ceased to attack the notions about God that people entertain.”
Prayer
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.”
Emptiness
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 80
Source: Anthony De Mello : Writings (1999), p. 76
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 70
“To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 33
“One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 177
"Wrong. Not enough cow dung!"
Spirituality Course", p. 13
Awareness (1992)
“You can will an act of service but you cannot will love.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 114
“A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.”
Cultivation
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.”
Identity
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“If you never condemned you would never need to forgive.”
Judgement
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“Is there life before death? — that is the question!”
Irrelevance
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
"The Illusion of Rewards", p. 42
Awareness (1992)
“The best things in life cannot be willed into being.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 114
“What is the secret of your serenity?
Said the Master "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 22
“Look for competence not claims.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 84
“There is no salvation till they have seen their basic prejudice.”
On people accustomed to judging and dismissing the worth of other people based on categorical assessments, in "Assorted Landmines", p. 148
Awareness (1992)
“When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”
Comprehension
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Fearlessness
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Projection
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 20
