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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.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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Consist Growth Habit Man
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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Conscious Crime Himself Human Simplicity War
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
Never think of results, just do!
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Result Thinking Work
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Awake Beginning Man Realize Unknown
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Animal Practice Sensitive
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
Personality in man is what is “not his own” . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.
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Impression Learning Man Memory Personal Reflection Trace
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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God Infinite Life Man Mercy Stupidity
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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Break Law Miracle Ourselves Representation
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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Break Change Habit Machine Progress Result Struggle
Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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Body Consciousness Love Response Type
Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Life Myself Reality
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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Necessary Opportunity Remember Struggle Yourself

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