I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThat which is easy is bad for your inner life.
More G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
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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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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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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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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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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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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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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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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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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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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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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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