From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
G. I. GURDJIEFFNever think of results, just do!
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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of 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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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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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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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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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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Would 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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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