G. I. Gurdjieff on oneself
G. I. Gurdjieff75 quotes“Begin with the possible; begin with one step.”
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Life is real only then, when “I am”.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Only super-efforts count.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Believe nothing, not even yourself.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Love without knowledge is demonic.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff
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