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Men Quotes by P D Ouspensky
- Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each case it seems to be…
- When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as…
- If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire.…
- It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.
- Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.
- I have become so accustomed to think "scientifically" that I am afraid even to imagine that there may be something else beyond the outer covering…
- Man is a machine which reacts blindly to external forces and, this being so, he has no will, and very little control of himself, if…
- Man is a machine, but a very peculiar machine. He is a machine which, in right circumstances, and with right treatment, can know that he…
- a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
- In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe; but there is…
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