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It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

G. I. Gurdjieff

All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
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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Fake Himself Lying Man Order Truth Understand
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
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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Necessary Opportunity Remember Struggle Yourself
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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God Infinite Life Man Mercy Stupidity
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Animal Practice Sensitive
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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Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Crowd Impossible Man Possible
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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Knowledge Necessary
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
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
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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Blessing Grief Himself Soul

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