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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

G. I. Gurdjieff

He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Achievement Chance Himself Sick
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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Consciousness Degree Density Vibration
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
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
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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Consciousness General Himself Known Man See State
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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People Stop Togetherness War Way
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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Consist Growth Habit Man
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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Break Change Habit Machine Progress Result Struggle
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
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
One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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Best Learning Mindset Realize Work Yourself
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
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Better Group Himself Organization Proper Simplicity Verify
It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
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Change Greatness Mistake Oneself Thinking
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

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