The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
G. I. GURDJIEFFOne 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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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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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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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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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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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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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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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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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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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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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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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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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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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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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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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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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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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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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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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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