G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Best Learning Mindset Realize Work Yourself
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
Only super-efforts count.
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Count Efforts
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Awake Place Sleep System Yourself
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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Knowledge Necessary
Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Chaos Evil Knowledge Love
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave
The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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Advance Capability Oneself Possible Relation Sexuality Type
If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
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Debt Help Life Mathematics Nature
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
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God Infinite Life Man Mercy Stupidity
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
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Attainment Beginning Sacrifice Suffering Time
Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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Blessing Grief Himself Soul
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Animal Practice Sensitive
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Faith Friendship Lose Priest
Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Blood Common Goal Strong
Better to die than live in sleep.
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Better Death Live Sleep

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