My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
G. I. GURDJIEFFWithout self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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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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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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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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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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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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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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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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