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G. I. Gurdjieff

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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Beginning Food Limitation Necessary Pleasure Sin Sleep
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
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
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
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
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.
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Fake Himself Lying Man Order Truth Understand
Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
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Consciousness General Himself Known Man See State
Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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Body Consciousness Disease Feeling Hope Slave Strength
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
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
Never think of results, just do!
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Result Thinking Work
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself

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