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.
G. I. GURDJIEFFHope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
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Only super-efforts count.
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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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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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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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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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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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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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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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