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One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.

— Anthony de Mello One Minute Nonsense (1992)

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The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius.

Awakening : Conversations with the Masters (2003)

"Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?"

One Minute Wisdom (1989)

The Master would frequently assert that holiness was less a matter of what one did than of what one allowed to happen.

One Minute Wisdom (1989)

No one is exempt from talking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.

One Minute Nonsense (1992)

I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry."

Awareness (1992)

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The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)

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