The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
G. I. GURDJIEFFIn properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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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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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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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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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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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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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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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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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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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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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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