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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Blood Common Goal Strong
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
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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Awake Order Persistent Possible Seek Struggle Time Work
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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Best Learning Mindset Realize Work Yourself
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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Knowledge Necessary
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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Conscious Crime Himself Human Simplicity War
Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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Body Consciousness Love Response Type
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Animal Better Love Practice React Sensitive
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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Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value

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