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Main : Religions & Spirituality : Awareness
Speechlessness
by: Anthony de Mello, SJ, One Minute Wisdom

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"Of what use is your learning and your devotions? Does a donkey become wise through living in a library or a mouse acquire holiness from living in a church?"
"What is it, then, we need?"
"A heart."
"How does one get that?"
The Master would not say. What could he say that they wouldn't turn into a subject to be learned or an object of devotion?

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