a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing is to know what we do know, and what we do not know. — P.D. Ouspensky Adversity Copy Share Image
One cannot keep all the old views and opinions and acquire new ones. — P.D. Ouspensky Inspirational Copy Share Image
Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified. — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
A religion contradicting science and a science contradicting religion are equally false. — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs. — P.D. Ouspensky Adversity Copy Share Image
It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning. — P.D. Ouspensky Life Copy Share Image
There is something in us that keeps us where we find ourselves. I think this is the most awful thing of all. — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want to get something, or if they want to get rid of… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Truths that become old become decrepit and unreliable; sometimes they may be kept going artificially for a certain time, but there is… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“It is a question of finding reasons, of thinking rightly, because expression of negative emotion is always based on some kind of… — P.D. Ouspensky Depression Copy Share Image
To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not… — P.D. Ouspensky Consciousness Copy Share Image
There is no possibility of remembering what has been found and understood, and later repeating it to oneself. It disappears as a… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him.… — P.D. Ouspensky Bounds Copy Share Image
“I saw clearly that something could be found there which had long since ceased to exist in Europe and I considered that… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each case it… — P.D. Ouspensky Aversion Copy Share Image
Man is a machine which reacts blindly to external forces and, this being so, he has no will, and very little control… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“Our thought has acquired many bad habits, and one of them is thinking without purpose. Our thinking has become automatic; we are… — P.D. Ouspensky Bad habit Copy Share Image
I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that is things… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
What is the best way to look for one´s chief feature?" someone asked. Simply see yourself. I do not know how to… — P.D. Ouspensky Best way Copy Share Image
“they are generally based on some kind of weakness, because at the basis of negative emotions there generally lies a kind of… — P.D. Ouspensky Anger Copy Share Image
I have become so accustomed to think "scientifically" that I am afraid even to imagine that there may be something else beyond… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“Everything 'happens'. People can 'do' nothing. From the time we are born to the time we die things happen, happen, happen, and we think… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“We always think our negative emotions are produced by the fault of other people or by the fault of circumstances. We always… — P.D. Ouspensky Negative emotions Copy Share Image
“You see, all our ordinary views of things are no good, they do not lead anywhere. It is necessary to think differently,… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“The most important factor in every function is: ‘Is it under our control or not?’ So when imagination is under our control… — P.D. Ouspensky Creative thinking Copy Share Image
“Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions! A. This is one of… — P.D. Ouspensky Emotions Copy Share Image
Think about death. You do not know how much time remains to you. And remember that if you do not become different,… — P.D. Ouspensky Blunders Copy Share Image
“you do not realize that one has to learn to speak the truth. it seems to you that it is enough to… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“Suddenly I began to find a strange meaning in old fairy-tales; woods, rivers, mountains, became living beings; mysterious life filled the night;… — P.D. Ouspensky Life Copy Share Image
There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it. — P.D. Ouspensky Character Copy Share Image
Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams. — P.D. Ouspensky Dream Copy Share Image
We often think we express negative emotions, not because we cannot help it, but because we should express them. — P.D. Ouspensky Emotion Copy Share Image
Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want. — P.D. Ouspensky Desire Copy Share Image
