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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Believe Verify Yourself
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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Learning Teaching Yourself
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Crowd Impossible Man Possible
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

God Infinite Life Man Mercy Stupidity
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Necessary Opportunity Remember Struggle Yourself
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Known Less Need
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Right Serve Tea Yourself
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Attainment Capability Man
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness Degree Density Vibration

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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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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