Anthony de Mello Quotes
To a visitor who described himself as a seeker after Truth the Master said, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.' 'I know. An overwhelming passion for it.' 'No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.'
Quotes to Explore
-
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
-
I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
-
A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
-
I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
-
For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
-
My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
-
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
-
There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
-
I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
-
Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
-
If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
-
A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
-
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
-
For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
-
Your body thinks radium is a great thing to pack into bone - where it kills some cells outright and scrambles the DNA of others, causing problems like cancer.
-
We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
-
I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
-
Why not just have fun with clothes? We should be more light-hearted about how we dress, how we look. If you experiment, you can go wrong, clearly; but you can have a wonderful time doing it!
-
Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.
-
I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
-
My father-in-law, Barney Rawlings, spent a couple of months hiding out in France in 1944, frantically memorizing a few French words to pass himself off as a Frenchman, but his ordeal had not inspired in me any action until I started taking a French class.
-
Who's to know what makes a bird wake up and decide to change its song? It was written that our world would change and it changed.
-
No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.
-
To a visitor who described himself as a seeker after Truth the Master said, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.' 'I know. An overwhelming passion for it.' 'No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.'
