Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want t… - Petr Uspensky

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Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want to get something, or if they want to get rid of something. Only, in ordinary conditions, without knowledge, people do not know what they can get rid of or what they can gain.

Petr Uspensky

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Peter Dimianovich Ouspensky, also known as Piotr Dimianovich Ouspenskii (4 March 1878 – 2 October 1947) was a Russian mystic philosopher. He was a student and expositor of the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff.

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Alternative Names: Pyotr Dem'yanovich Uspensky • Peter Ouspensky • Pyotr Uspensky

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