# Quote — Anthony De Mello, One Minute Wisdom

> The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?"

- 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.

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> 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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