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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.

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
It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
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Change Greatness Mistake Oneself Thinking
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
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
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
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
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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Different Man Possible Quite Realize
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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Consist Growth Habit Man
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Achievement Chance Himself Sick
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
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
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man

He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.

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