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A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

— 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.

All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1950)

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.

In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

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.

In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

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