If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
G. I. GURDJIEFFIn 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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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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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.
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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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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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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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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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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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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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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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