The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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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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The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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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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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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Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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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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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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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 first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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