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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Cosmic Law Pay Satisfaction
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
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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Better Group Himself Organization Proper Simplicity Verify
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
Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
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Consciousness General Himself Known Man See State
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
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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God Infinite Life Man Mercy Stupidity
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
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
To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
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Necessary Order Unknown Wisdom
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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Body Consciousness Love Response Type
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Animal Practice Sensitive

Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.

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