He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
G. I. GURDJIEFFConsciousness 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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Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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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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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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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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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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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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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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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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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Patience is the mother of will.
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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 has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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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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