Anthony de Mello

“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.”

“Enlightenment is absolute cooperation with the inevitable.”

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth is a story.”

“You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.”

“What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.”

“The root of sorrow is attachment.”

“As soon as you look at the world through an ideology, you are finished.”

“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.”

“Perfect love casts out fear.”

“Don't just do something, sit there.”

“Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth.”

“There is only one evil in the world, and that is ignorance.”

“Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax.”

“Life is a mystery, which means your mind cannot understand it.”

“Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.”

“The trouble with people is that they're busy fixing things they don't even understand.”

“If you want to be happy, you have to be willing to be unhappy.”

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”

“When you fight a dragon, you become a dragon.”

“To love is to be sensitive to the needs, the feelings, the welfare of the other.”