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

G. I. Gurdjieff

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
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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Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
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Crowd Impossible Man Possible
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
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
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
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
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Aware Body Ground Live Myself Presence Reality
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
Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Knowledge Seek Understand
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love

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