Anthony de Mello Quotes

God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures.

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?'

To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more.

God Never Compares You To Anyone Else. He Loves You As You Are.

God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self?

Know today that God approves of you. He's pleased with you. He may not always be pleased with your choices or some of the things you do, but when God looks at you, He sees His amazing creation.

God loves each of us equally.

God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual cosmetics to make myself presentable to Him. I can accept ownership of my poverty and powerlessness and neediness.

God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you're not.

The only way to break the chains of fear and doubt is to know in your heart that God loves you-no matter what.

It always cracks me up when people try to impress God, because people don't have to impress God. He's already knocked out by you.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in the morning sun and in the evening rain—that he loves you when your intellect denies it, your emotions refuse it, your whole being rejects it. Do you believe that God loves without condition or reservation and loves you this moment as you are and not as you should be.

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.

Beloved, there is nothing you can do today to make God love you more, and there’s nothing you can do to make Him love you any less… Beloved, it’s not enough that you know that God loves everyone. You need to know and believe that He loves you, and let that revelation burn in your heart, especially when you fail.

If you can believe the God who is perfect loves you then you can believe that you are worth loving.

We acknowledge that being the person God made you cannot separate you from God's love.

You don't need to be accepted by everyone else to get reaccepted by the one who made you.