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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.

G. I. Gurdjieff

My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Achievement Chance Himself Sick
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Animal Better Love Practice React Sensitive
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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Fake Himself Lying Man Order Truth Understand
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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Different Man Possible Quite Realize
Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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Blessing Grief Himself Soul
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
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

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