“You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone."
"What then is a Master for?"
"To make you see the uselessness of having one.”

— Anthony de Mello

Blindness
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

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Indian writer 1931–1987

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