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> [There is something in us that keeps us where we find ourselves. I think this is the most awful thing of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/there-is-something-in-us-that-keeps-us-where-we-find-ourselves-i/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

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## More by P.D. Ouspensky

> [Art is the communication of ecstasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/art-is-the-communication-of-ecstasy/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/i-had-come-to-the-conclusion-a-long-time-ago-that-there-was-no-escape/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/it-is-only-when-we-realize-that-life-is-taking-us-nowhere-that-it/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/to-remember-oneself-means-the-same-thing-as-to-be-aware-of-oneself-i/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the creative activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/in-all-living-nature-and-perhaps-also-in-that-which-we-consider-as/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [Begin with the possible: begin with one step. There is always a limit you cannot do more than you can do. If you try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/begin-with-the-possible-begin-with-one-step-there-is-always-a-limit/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [“Suddenly I began to find a strange meaning in old fairy-tales; woods, rivers, mountains, became living beings; mysterious life filled the night; with new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/suddenly-i-began-to-find-a-strange-meaning-in-old-fairy-tales-woods/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/the-greatest-barrier-to-consciousness-is-the-belief-that-one-is/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond to the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/ideas-by-themselves-cannot-produce-change-of-being-your-effort-must/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/desire-is-when-you-do-what-you-want-will-is-when-you-can-do-what-you/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [Divide in yourself the mechanical from the conscious, see how little there is of the conscious, how seldom it works, and how strong is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/divide-in-yourself-the-mechanical-from-the-conscious-see-how-little/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [“The most important factor in every function is: ‘Is it under our control or not?’ So when imagination is under our control we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/the-most-important-factor-in-every-function-is-is-it-under-our/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/love-is-the-eternally-burning-fire-in-which-humanity-all-the-world/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/a-man-can-be-given-only-what-he-can-use-and-he-can-use-only-that-for/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

> [If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-ouspensky/if-a-man-gives-way-to-all-his-desires-or-panders-to-them-there-will/)

[P.D. Ouspensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-ouspensky/)

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