The root of all moral obligation is the obligation to become capable of morality. Jacob Needleman (1934)
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Man is a machine controlled by accidental shocks…”
If he carries out all these rules while he observes himself, a man will record a whole series of very important aspects of his being. To begin with, he will record with unmistakable clearness the fact that his actions, thoughts, feelings, and words are the result of external influences and that nothing comes from himself. He will understand and see […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “There is nothing new in the idea of sleep…”
There is nothing new in the idea of sleep. People have been told almost since the creation of the world that they are asleep and that they must awaken. How many times is this said in the Gospels, for instance? “Awake,” “watch,” “sleep not.” Christ’s disciples even slept when he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane for the last […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Energy is spent chiefly on unnecessary and unpleasant emotions…”
Energy is spent chiefly on unnecessary and unpleasant emotions, on the expectation of unpleasant things, possible and impossible, on bad moods, on unnecessary haste, nervousness, irritability, imagination, day-dreaming, and so on. Energy is wasted on the wrong work of centers, on unnecessary tension of the muscles out of all proportion to the work produced, on perpetual chatter which absorbs an […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Unless he attains inner unity…”
Unless he attains inner unity man can have no ‘I,’ can have no will. The concept of “will” in relation to a man who has not attained inner unity is entirely artificial. The whole of life is composed of small things which we continually obey and serve. Our ‘I’ continually changes as in a kaleidoscope. Every external event which strikes […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Inner growth, a change of being, depends entirely upon…”
Systems and schools can indicate methods and ways, but no system or school whatever can do for a man the work that he must do himself. Inner growth, a change of being, depends entirely upon the work which a man must do on himself. P. D. Ouspensky (1878 – 1947)
Origen Quote – “The living ones are the saints…”
The saints are the living ones, and the living ones are the saints. Origen (184 – 253)
Origen Quote – “Men make little effort…”
Men make little effort to exercise their intellect, or they imagine they possess knowledge before they really learn, the consequence being that they never begin to have knowledge. Origen (184 – 253)
Ohiyesa Quote – “Is there not something worthy…?”
Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our end and spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one saw to impoverish or enslave his neighbor? Ohiyesa (1858 – 1939)
Omaha Tribe Oral Tradition – “Kindness is to use one’s will…”
Kindness is to use one’s will to guard one’s speech and conduct so as not to injure anyone. Omaha Tribe Oral Tradition