5 Anthony de Mello Quotes on Life

Anthony de Mello quotes on life

15. Is there life before death? -that is the question!

17. My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life.

21. Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence. You know- all mystics- Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion- are unanimous on one thing: that all is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep. They are having a nightmare.

41. Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die.

47. You've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.