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1 " Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description. "
― Anthony de Mello , One Minute Wisdom
2 " Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. "
3 " When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. "
4 " A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality. "
5 " When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself. "
6 " Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it. "
7 " 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. "
8 " There are three stages in one’s spiritual development,” said the Master. “The carnal, the spiritual and the divine.” “What is the carnal stage?” asked the eager disciples. “That’s the stage when trees are seen as trees and mountains as mountains.” “And the spiritual?” “That’s when one looks more deeply into things—then trees are no longer trees and mountains no longer mountains.” “And the divine?” “Ah, that’s Enlightenment,” said the Master with a chuckle, “when trees become trees again and mountains, mountains. "
9 " SERENITY “Are there ways for gauging one’s spiritual strength?” “Many.” “Give us one.” “Find out how often you become disturbed in the course of a single day. "
10 " Profanity has been known to offer spiritual relief denied to prayer. "
11 " «¿Qué he de hacer para amar a mi prójimo?». «Dejar de odiarte a ti mismo». El discípulo meditó larga y seriamente estas palabras y regresó a decirle al Maestro: «Pero si yo me amo demasiado a mí mismo... Si soy un egoísta y un egocéntrico... ¿Cómo puedo librarme de ello?». «Sé cordial contigo mismo, y tu ego quedará satisfecho y te dejará en libertad para amar a tu prójimo». "