It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
G. I. GURDJIEFFI ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Patience is the mother of will.
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From 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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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Never think of results, just do!
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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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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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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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.
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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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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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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Better to die than live in sleep.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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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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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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In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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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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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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