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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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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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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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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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