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. GURDJIEFFWish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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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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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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Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
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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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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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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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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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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
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