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“A man will not begin this work and will not consider it necessary until he becomes convinced that he possesses neither self-consciousness nor all that is connected with it, that is, unity or individuality, permanent "I," and will.”
― P. D. Ouspensky, The Psychology of Man’s Possible Evolution

“My Master gave me just one rule:
Forget the outside, get to the inside of things.
I, Lalla, took that teaching to heart.
From that day, I’ve danced naked.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“shüñuk mä’ dān kōdum pānas

Alone, I crossed the Field of Emptiness,
dropping my reason and my senses.
I stumbled on my own secret there and flowered,
a lotus rising from a marsh.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“As long as they think they can do something by themselves they will not be able to make any use of a school, even if they find it. Schools exist only for those who need them, and who know that they need them.”
― P.D. Ouspensky, The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution