# Quote — Anthony De Mello, One Minute Wisdom

> This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not, merely by waking to the reality that is not words, that lies beyond the reach of words. If you are fortunate enough to be Awakened thus, you will know why the finest language is the one that is not spoken, the finest action is the one that is not done and the finest change is the one that is not willed.

- 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."

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

> 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."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-de-mello/one-minute-wisdom/there-were-rules.md)