"a man can be given only what he……" — 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"

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47 Quotes by P D Ouspensky

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The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very…
You can understand other people only as much as you understand yourself and only on the level of your own…
To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a…
Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each…
Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond…
The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.
When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to…
Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.
Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten,…
I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that…
Think about death. You do not know how much time remains to you. And remember that if you do not…
Seek the path, do not seek attainment, seek for the path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth…

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help… — Rodney Atkins
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to… — Chinua Achebe
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from… — John James Audubon
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by… — Saint Augustine
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if… — Saint Augustine
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius
The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. — Jane Austen
In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. — Charles Babbage
The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not… — Edward Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have… — Richard Bach

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