Anthony de Mello Quotes

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load, Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code; I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost, I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.

Unknown in Paris, I was lost in the great city, but the feeling of living there alone, taking care of myself without any aid, did not at all depress me. If sometimes I felt lonesome, my usual state of mind was one of calm and great moral satisfaction.

I think rather than being unhappy with somebody, being alone and happy is better.

Someone who goes with a half a loaf of bread to a small place that fits like a nest around him, someone who wants no more, who is not himself longed for by anyone else. He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.

Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret.

Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.

I'm very happy alone.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Being single is not as bad as everyone likes to make it seem!

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government than what they thought they needed.

I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.

I am single and happy.

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

Independence is happiness.