To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
G. I. GURDJIEFF
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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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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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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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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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Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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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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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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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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