# Quote — Anthony De Mello, One Minute Wisdom

> To a disciple who was forever complaining about others the Master said, "If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth."

- 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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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-de-mello/one-minute-wisdom/to-a-disciple

## 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)