In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFYou can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Better to die than live in sleep.
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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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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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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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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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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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