We cannot know the truth but we can pretend that we know. A… - Petr Uspensky

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We cannot know the truth but we can pretend that we know. And this is lying. Lying fills all our life. People pretend that they know all sorts of things: about God, about the future life, about the universe, about the origin of man, about evolution, about everything; but in reality they do not know anything, even about themselves. And every time they speak about something they do not know as though they knew it, they lie.

Petr Uspensky

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About Petr Uspensky

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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