"It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops……" — P D Ouspensky
"It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs."
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47 Quotes by P D Ouspensky
P D Ouspensky has 47 quotes on this site.
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The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very…
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You can understand other people only as much as you understand yourself and only on the level of your own…
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To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a…
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Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each…
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Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond…
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The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.
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When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to…
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Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.
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Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten,…
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I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that…
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Think about death. You do not know how much time remains to you. And remember that if you do not…
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Seek the path, do not seek attainment, seek for the path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth…
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More Develops Quotes
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Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
— Gary Busey
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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A strong woman is a woman at work, cleaning out the cesspool of the ages, and while she shovels, she…
— Marge Piercy
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The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man,…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. This sport confers…
— Archibald Rutledge
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So it's really a process of actually having a realization of God, which all becomes clear with the expanded state…
— George Harrison
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Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother's womb. The mother is…
— Pope John Paul II
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When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.
— Nikola Tesla
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