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.
G. I. GURDJIEFFReal 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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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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Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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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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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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