The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
G. I. GURDJIEFFWould 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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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Never think of results, just do!
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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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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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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Only super-efforts count.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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