If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
G. I. GURDJIEFFAwakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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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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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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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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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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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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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Only super-efforts count.
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The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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