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Patience is the mother of will.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
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
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
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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Fake Himself Lying Man Order Truth Understand
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Achievement Chance Himself Sick
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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People Stop Togetherness War Way
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
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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Antidote Energy Laughter Negative Poison
Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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Body Consciousness Disease Feeling Hope Slave Strength

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