black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

G. I. Gurdjieff

The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Evolution God Greatness Story
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Break Law Miracle Ourselves Representation
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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Necessary Order Unknown Wisdom
Patience is the mother of will.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Mom One Liner Patience Willing
Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Circle Humanity Important Lose Move Past Progress
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Cosmos Force Greatness Love Power Reality World
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
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. GURDJIEFF

Best Learning Mindset Realize Work Yourself
It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Aware Body Ground Live Myself Presence Reality
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness Degree Density Vibration
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Difficult Give Up Himself Pleasure Sacrifice Suffering
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Achievement Chance Himself Sick
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Cosmic Law Pay Satisfaction
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Himself Hope Man
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Faith Friendship Lose Priest
Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Consciousness General Himself Known Man See State

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes