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 Conclusion 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
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
In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the… — P.D. Ouspensky Activity 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… — P.D. Ouspensky Can do 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
The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious. — P.D. Ouspensky Barriers 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… — P.D. Ouspensky Change 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
Divide in yourself the mechanical from the conscious, see how little there is of the conscious, how seldom it works, and how… — P.D. Ouspensky Attitude 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
Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified. — P.D. Ouspensky Burning Copy Share Image
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 Given Copy Share Image
If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no… — P.D. Ouspensky Aim Copy Share Image
Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie. — P.D. Ouspensky Accepting 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
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 Certain Copy Share Image
I mean that you always know what results will come from one or another of your actions; but in a strange way… — P.D. Ouspensky Action Copy Share Image
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not… — P.D. Ouspensky Country 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
Man is confronted with two obvious facts: The existence of the world in which he lives; and the existence of psychic life… — P.D. Ouspensky Existence Copy Share Image
One cannot keep all old views and opinions and acquire new ones. — P.D. Ouspensky Acquire 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
“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 Allegory Of The Cave Copy Share Image
