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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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Cosmos Force Greatness Love Power Reality World
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
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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People Stop Togetherness War Way
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Compensation Law Thorn World
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
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
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
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Attainment Beginning Sacrifice Suffering Time
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Awake Place Sleep System Yourself
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man

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