Anthony de Mello Quotes

“A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by reality.”

“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”

“The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.”

“Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.”

“When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.”

“When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.”

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