To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
G. I. GURDJIEFFWhat you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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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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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.
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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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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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One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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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.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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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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