Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Quote by Anthony De Mello

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There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head,...

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head,...

Problems only exist in the human mind.

Problems only exist in the human mind.

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done...

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without...

When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.

When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without...

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which...

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which...

The big truth, maybe the only truth, is that we don't know anything for sure.

The big truth, maybe the only truth, is that we don't know anything for sure.

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts, and those lies heal.

My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts, and those lies heal.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it...

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it...

Women should be obscene and not heard.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....