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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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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Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
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
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
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
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
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
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Crowd Impossible Man Possible
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Animal Practice Sensitive
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
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man
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
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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Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value
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
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man

With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

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