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Life is real only then, when “I am”.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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Conscious Crime Himself Human Simplicity War
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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Break Law Miracle Ourselves Representation
To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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Knowledge Necessary
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Advance Capability Oneself Possible Relation Sexuality Type
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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Freedom Function Government Himself Knowledge Slave Understand Work
Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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Necessary Opportunity Remember Struggle Yourself
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Awake Beginning Man Realize Unknown
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
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
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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Fantasy Man Philosophy Religion Thinking
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself

Life is real only then, when “I am”.

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