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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Knowledge Seek Understand
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
Better to die than live in sleep.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Better Death Live Sleep
It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Beginning Food Limitation Necessary Pleasure Sin Sleep
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Crowd Impossible Man Possible
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
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
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Bad Easy Inner Life
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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
Never think of results, just do!
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Result Thinking Work

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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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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