That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
G. I. GURDJIEFFAs long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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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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One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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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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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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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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It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
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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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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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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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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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