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P.D. Ouspensky Quotes: People live in sleep, do everything in sleep, and do not know they are asleep.
         

People live in sleep, do everything in sleep, and do not know they are asleep.


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It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.



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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 a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself.



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The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.



Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.

Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.



The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.



It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.



Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.



There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.

There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.



Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.

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