He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
G. I. GURDJIEFFTake the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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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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In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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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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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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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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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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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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Personality in man is what is “not his own” . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.
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Better to die than live in sleep.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Never think of results, just do!
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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