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.
G. I. GURDJIEFFAll who have come to me must have enema each day.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty 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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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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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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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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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 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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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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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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