"I've found that the chief difficulty for most……" — P D Ouspensky
"I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that is things that they had never heard before. They kept translating what they heard into their habitual language. They had ceased to hope and believe there might be anything new."
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P D Ouspensky
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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…
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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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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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I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions…
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More Anything New Quotes
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I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me…
— Clara Barton
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We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of…
— Johannes Brahms
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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never…
— Albert Einstein
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If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.
— Jeff Bezos
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All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything…
— Charles Kettering
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We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.
— Burt Rutan
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There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since,…
— Flannery O'Connor
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It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise? The real is as it is always. We…
— Ramana Maharshi
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Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently.
— Shigeru Ban
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You cannot bring anything new into your life until you are grateful for what you have now.
— Michael Beckwith
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My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut…
— Joao Magueijo
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