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

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Source : Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.71, Image

Anthony de Mello

#Spirituality Quotes

“Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny because it's outside our accepted boundary of decorum. Something is funny because it defies our expectations. Something is funny because it offers a temporary reprieve from the hardship of seeing the world as it actually is. Something is funny because it is able to suggest gently that even the worst of our circumstances and sins is subject to eventual mercy.”
“In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and whenever this happens, I go with it. That's what inspiration is. You don't get it from the gods. You make it.”
“Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal.”
“I dont really believe in regrets.”
“Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history.”
“It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.”
“But in philosophy, sometimes the baby ought to go out with the bath water.”
“I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.”

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