# Quote — Anthony De Mello, One Minute Wisdom

> Much advance publicity was made for the address the Master would deliver on The Destruction of the World and a large crowd gathered at the monastery grounds to hear him.
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> The address was over in less than a minute. All he said was:
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> "These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness."

- Author: [Anthony De Mello](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-de-mello.md)
- Book: [One Minute Wisdom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-de-mello/one-minute-wisdom.md)
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## More from this book

> The Master insisted that what he taught was nothing, what he did was nothing.
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> His disciples gradually discovered that Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
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> That transformation is the consequence not of something done, but of something dropped.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-de-mello/one-minute-wisdom/the-master-insisted.md)

> The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God."

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> There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law.
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> "Obedience keeps the rules," he would say. "Love knows when to break them."

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