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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
G. I. Gurdjieff
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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everything new and unknown. The slavery in which mankind lives is based upon this fear.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
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Only super-efforts count.
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Better to die than live in sleep.
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From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his mind, and who knows how to be restrained in the manifestations which proceed from his nature, at the same time conducting himself justly and tolerantly towards the weaknesses of others.
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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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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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The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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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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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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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Never think of results, just do!
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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