By teaching others you will learn yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFWithout struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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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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Consciousness 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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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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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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Patience is the mother of will.
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It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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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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From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
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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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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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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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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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