Better to die than live in sleep.
G. I. GURDJIEFFCommon aim is stronger than blood.
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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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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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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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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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One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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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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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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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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To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
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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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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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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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