The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThose who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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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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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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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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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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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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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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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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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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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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