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Better to die than live in sleep.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Fantasy Man Philosophy Religion Thinking
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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Cosmos Force Greatness Love Power Reality World
Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Blood Common Goal Strong
Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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Awake Order Persistent Possible Seek Struggle Time Work
To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
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Necessary Order Unknown Wisdom
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Compensation Law Thorn World
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
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Debt Help Life Mathematics Nature
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Attainment Beginning Sacrifice Suffering Time

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