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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

G. I. Gurdjieff

You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Awake Place Sleep System Yourself
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching 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
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
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
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
Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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Circle Humanity Important Lose Move Past Progress
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
Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Life Myself Reality
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
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

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