Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
G. I. GURDJIEFFMy way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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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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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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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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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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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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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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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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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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Patience is the mother of will.
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Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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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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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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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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Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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Only super-efforts count.
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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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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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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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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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