Anthony de Mello Quotes

On every parable you ride to every truth.

Deep is the well of truth and long does it take to know what has fallen into its depths.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

Data is not necessarily information. Information does not necessarily lead to knowledge. And knowledge is not always sufficient to discover truth and breed wisdom.

The wise speak only of what they know

Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

Wisdom, properly so called, is nothing else but this: the perfect knowledge of the truth in all matters whatsoever.

There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.

Wisdom is only found in truth.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words.

You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

It is a great blessing to have light in our lives - a light that helps us see things as they really are, light that illuminates our understanding, light we can follow with confidence and perfect trust.