Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFHe who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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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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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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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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To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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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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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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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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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
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