We see people and things not as they are, but as we are. - Anthony de Mello

The Master persistently warned against the attempt to encompass Reality in a concept or a name. A scholar in mysticism once asked, "When you speak of BEING, sir, is it eternal, transcendent being you speak of, or transient, contingent being?" The Master closed his eyes in thought. Then he opened them, put on his most disarming expression, and said, "Yes!"

Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.