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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
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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Knowledge Necessary
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Future Life Reap Responsibility
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
Never think of results, just do!
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Result Thinking Work
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
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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Beginning Food Limitation Necessary Pleasure Sin Sleep
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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Consciousness Degree Density Vibration
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Cosmic Law Pay Satisfaction
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
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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Consciousness General Himself Known Man See State
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
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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Better Group Himself Organization Proper Simplicity Verify
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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