The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
G. I. GURDJIEFFNever think of results, just do!
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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Patience is the mother of will.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Never 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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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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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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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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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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