I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us. But where… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning. — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the creative activity… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Begin with the possible: begin with one step. There is always a limit you cannot do more than you can do. If you try… — 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; with new… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious. — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond to the other. — P.D. Ouspensky 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 Copy Share Image
Divide in yourself the mechanical from the conscious, see how little there is of the conscious, how seldom it works, and how strong is… — 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 we do… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
