Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
G. I. GURDJIEFFPractice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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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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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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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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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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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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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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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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The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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