Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThe only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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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.
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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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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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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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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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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Only super-efforts count.
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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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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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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.
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