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A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.

— G. I. Gurdjieff In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

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Hope of consciousness is strength
Hope of feelings is slavery
Hope of body is disease.

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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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I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

All and Everything: Views from the Real World (1973)

Remember your self always and everywhere.

In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run parallel with the study of man.

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