If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.

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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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Bagwalas

In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.

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In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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Fake Order
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Verify
Better to die than live in sleep.

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Better to die than live in sleep.
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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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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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Memory Trace
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.

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The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Consciousness Evolution Willing
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.

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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.

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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Compensation Thorn
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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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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Circle Move
It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

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It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
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Oneself
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.

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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Development Way
Believe nothing, not even yourself.

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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.

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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.

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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Easy Inner
Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Goal
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness

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