I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which… — P.D. Ouspensky 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 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
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 Copy Share Image
When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake. — 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
“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
Man is a machine, but a very peculiar machine. He is a machine which, in right circumstances, and with right treatment, can… — 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
