Better to die than live in sleep.
G. I. GURDJIEFFHe who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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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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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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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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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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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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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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Only super-efforts count.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of 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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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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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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