Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
G. I. GURDJIEFFPatience is the mother of will.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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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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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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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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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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Without 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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The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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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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He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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