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“All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Sleep Quotes
#Humanity Quotes
#World Quotes
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“The Work is something living in our hearts and minds. Follow the path, see what changes take place within you, and what light begins to dawn in you.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Heart Quotes
#Light Quotes
#Mind Quotes
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“The level above Man is called the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God in the Gospels. It has many other names in different writings. In the Gospels, it is said that the Kingdom of Heaven is within. It is at a higher level of a man. To reach it, a man must reach a higher level in himself. If everyone did this, the level of life on this earth would change.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Writing Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Names Quotes
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“How then can we change being? By applying the knowledge of the Work through self-observation to ourselves. And remember that you do not change by being told what to do. You only change through seeing what you have to do when you realize what your being is like.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Self Quotes
#Remember Quotes
#Realizing Quotes
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“You have a right not to be negative.”
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Maurice Nicoll
Source : Maurice Nicoll (1974). “Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky”
#Powerful Quotes
#Negative Quotes
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“I will also tell you a secret. We have to will one another: this is the beginning of conscious love.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Secret Quotes
#Conscious Quotes
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“Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies in us.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Lying Quotes
#Humanity Quotes
#Imperfect Quotes
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“It is like the man who became short-sighted and refused to wear glasses, saying there was nothing wrong with him, but that the trouble was that the recent papers were so badly printed.”
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Maurice Nicoll
Source : Maurice Nicoll (1973). “Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky”
#Men Quotes
#Glasses Quotes
#Paper Quotes
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“The central conception of Man in the Gospels is that he is an unfinished creation capable of reaching a higher level by a definite evolution which must begin by his own efforts.”
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Maurice Nicoll
#Men Quotes
#Effort Quotes
#Levels Quotes
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“Everything you do consciously is preserved for you: everything you do mechanically, since you did not do it, is lost.”
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Maurice Nicoll
Source : Maurice Nicoll (1973). “Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky”
#Lost Quotes
