Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
G. I. GURDJIEFFEvery 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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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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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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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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