As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
G. I. GURDJIEFFCommon aim is stronger than blood.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
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Only super-efforts count.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Patience is the mother of will.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Personality in man is what is “not his own” . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.
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It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
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It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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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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