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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
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
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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Death Moments Motivational Realize Strong Work Yourself
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Animal Better Love Practice React Sensitive
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
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
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
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Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
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
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
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
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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Antidote Energy Laughter Negative Poison
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave

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