Philosophy Quote by P.D. Ouspensky — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions!”

“If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at the expense of another.”

“When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.”

“Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.”

“If you write in the Old World, and against it, your work must die, go missing, be veiled, before it can live the life for which it was destined in the New World.”

“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”

“Life exists so the Universe can experience itself.”

“Bloom as if you want to make the whole world beautiful.”

“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”

“Most of us try to do too much because we are secretly afraid we will not be able to do anything at all.”