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  • Not a minute to lose

    When the Master heard that a neighbouring forest had been devastated by fire, he mobilised all his disciples. “We must replant the cedars,” he said. “The cedars?” exclaimed an incredulous disciple. “But…

  • Dependence

    To a disciple who depended overmuch on books, the Master said: “A man came to the market with a shopping list and lost it. When to his great joy he found it…

  • Thought

    “Why are you so wary of thought?” the philosopher asked the Master. “Thought is the one tool we have for organising the world.” “True. But thought can organise the world so well…

  • Universality

    “The Master ordinarily dissuaded people from living in a monastery. “To profit from books you don’t have to live in a library,” he would say. Or, even more forcefully, “You can read…

  • Gossip

    A disciple confessed his bad habit of repeating gossip. Said the Master wickedly, “Repeating it wouldn’t be so bad if you did not improve on it.” Anthony de Mello  More from http://www.soulwise.net/…