If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThe highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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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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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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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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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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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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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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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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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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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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