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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.

G. I. Gurdjieff

By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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Awake Order Persistent Possible Seek Struggle Time Work
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Awake Beginning Man Realize Unknown
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
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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Difficult Give Up Himself Pleasure Sacrifice Suffering
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
To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
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Necessary Order Unknown Wisdom
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
Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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Conscious Crime Himself Human Simplicity War
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify 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

Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.

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