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P.D. Ouspensky Quotes: 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.
         

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.



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



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