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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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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Consist Growth Habit Man
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Fantasy Man Philosophy Religion Thinking
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Awake Place Sleep System Yourself
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic 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
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
Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Life Myself Reality
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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Change Greatness Mistake Oneself Thinking
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
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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Cosmos Force Greatness Love Power Reality World
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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Break Change Habit Machine Progress Result Struggle
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself
One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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Best Learning Mindset Realize Work Yourself
The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Advance Capability Oneself Possible Relation Sexuality Type

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