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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
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 Himself Man Willing
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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Difficult Give Up Himself Pleasure Sacrifice Suffering
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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Necessary Opportunity Remember Struggle Yourself
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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Consist Growth Habit Man
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
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Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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Antidote Energy Laughter Negative Poison
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Cosmic Law Pay Satisfaction
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
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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Change Greatness Mistake Oneself Thinking
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest

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