“"Why is everyone here so happy except me?"
"Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master.
"Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?"
"Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."”

— Anthony de Mello

Projection
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

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Indian writer 1931–1987

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