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.
G. I. GURDJIEFFFrom 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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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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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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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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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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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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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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Never think of results, just do!
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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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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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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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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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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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