Quote by Anthony de Mello

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 asked to become his disciple the Master sai

Summary

This quote highlights the concept of individuality and self-discovery. The Master advises against blindly following others, emphasizing the importance of finding one's own path and seeking truth independently. By warning against becoming a follower, the quote suggests that relying solely on the guidance of others can limit personal growth and hinder the pursuit of genuine knowledge and enlightenment. It encourages individuals to think critically, question authority, and forge their own unique journey towards self-realization.

Topics

By Anthony de Mello

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver

Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many op

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Italy will always have the best food.

Italy will always have the best food.

Diane von Furstenberg

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It i

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

My Lord, I sorrow to learn that I am so timorous of heart an

My Lord, I sorrow to learn that I am so timorous of heart and to learn that my Lord could be so forgetful of the elementary facts of nature, and also of mankind, that he believes when the lesser joins the greater, it can remain itself and maintain it

Andrew Fletcher, From the minute

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

The main reason for the failure of the modern medical scienc

The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold.

The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its promi

The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.

Nicholson Baker

You don't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on goo

You don't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp excee

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life

It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful.

It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful.

Carole Wilkinson

Wisdom Life Inspirational Dragons Ancient Chinese Dragon Keeper

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience Mistakes