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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
G. I. Gurdjieff
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Listen, you have now found the conditions in which the desire of your heart can become the reality of your being. Stay here, until you acquire a force in you that nothing can destroy. Then you'll need to go back into life, and there you will measure yourself constantly with forces which will show you your place.
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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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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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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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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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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Hope of consciousness is strength. Hope of feelings is slavery. Hope of body is disease.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
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