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Patience is the mother of will.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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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Blessing Grief Himself Soul
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
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself
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
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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Apart Ideas Willing
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Animal Better Love Practice React Sensitive
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
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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Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
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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Compassionate Death Love Realize True Yourself
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value
The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Advance Capability Oneself Possible Relation Sexuality Type
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
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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