# Quote — Anthony De Mello, One Minute Wisdom

> "What kind of a person does Enlightenment produce?"
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> Said the Master:
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> "To be public-spirited and belong to no party,
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> to move without being bound to any given course,
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> to take things as they come,
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> have no remorse for the past,
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> no anxiety for the future,
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> to move when pushed,
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> to come when dragged,
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> to be like a mighty gale,
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> like a feather in the wind,
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> like weeds floating on a river,
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> like a mill-stone meekly grinding,
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> to love all creation equally
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> as heaven and earth are equal to all
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> — such is the product of Enlightenment."
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> On hearing these words one of the younger disciples cried, "This sort of teaching is not for the living but for the dead," and walked away, never to return.

- 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)