We often think we express negative emotions, not because we cannot help it, but because we should express them.
P.D. OuspenskyOur ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when we began to consider ourselves the descendants of a monkey.
P.D. OuspenskyThere is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.
P.D. OuspenskyMany things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelingsโthat 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.
P.D. Ouspensky