You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open — Anthony de Mello

"Help us to find God." "No one can help you there." "Why not?" "For the same reason that no one can help the fish to find the ocean."

"There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. "Obedience keeps the rules," he would say. "Love knows when to break them.""

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

"Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practise this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise."

"A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories."

"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why dont I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."