By teaching others you will learn yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFAwakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
More G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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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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Better to die than live in sleep.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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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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Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Personality in man is what is “not his own” . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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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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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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