Anthony de Mello Quotes
'Why is everyone here so happy except me?' 'Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere,' said the Master. 'Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?' 'Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.'
Quotes to Explore
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It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.
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My grandfather started a school for the underprivileged in Chandigarh, and that is why we moved from Himachal to Chandigarh. It was a small school, where even I would teach while in school.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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I like happy endings.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable.
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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I'd be happy if, during my mandate, the Palestinian state existed.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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Architecture is a discourse; everything is a discourse. Fashion discourse is actually a micro-discourse, because it's centered around the body. It is the most rapidly developing form of discourse.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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Why is partying and having a good time bad?
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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I think I have an addiction to pretty much everything. I mean, I have to be very careful with myself as far as that goes, which is why I have a support group around me consistently.
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Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world.
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When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing.
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'I am ready to obey as a child; - but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.'
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Ever since I got married, I have been in a blissful state.
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'Why is everyone here so happy except me?' 'Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere,' said the Master. 'Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?' 'Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.'
