The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
G. I. GURDJIEFFRemember 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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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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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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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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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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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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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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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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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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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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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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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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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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