To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
G. I. GURDJIEFFNever think of results, just do!
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It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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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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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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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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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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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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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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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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