A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy.
Anthony de Mello
If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth. Are you prepared to be ridiculed, ignored and starving till you are forty-five? I am. But tell me: What will happen after I am forty-five? You will have grown accustomed to it.
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To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, You may live with me, but don't become my follower. Whom, then, shall I follow? No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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.
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My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth.
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