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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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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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Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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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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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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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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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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