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View Plans“ ”if you just suppress your desire, and you attempt to renounce the object of your desire, you are likely to be tied to it.
About Anthony de Mello
Anthony de Mello (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987) was a Jesuit priest, psychotherapist and writer who became widely known for his books on spirituality.
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Additional quotes by Anthony de Mello
This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding;
my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.
If you ever allow yourself to see it will be the death of you. And that is why love is so terrifying, for to love is to see and to see is to die. But it is the most delightful exhilarating experience in the whole world. For in the death of the ego is freedom, peace, serenity, joy.
That’s why you’ll never catch me saluting a flag. I abhor all national flags because they are idols. What are we saluting? I salute humanity, not a flag with an army around it.