Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFWould a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThe 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. GURDJIEFFI ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
G. I. GURDJIEFFPractice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
G. I. GURDJIEFFIn properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
G. I. GURDJIEFFConsciousness 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. GURDJIEFFConscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
G. I. GURDJIEFFReligion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThe first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
G. I. GURDJIEFFTo 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. GURDJIEFFBlessed 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. GURDJIEFFHe who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
G. I. GURDJIEFFIt 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. GURDJIEFFTake the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West-and then seek.
G. I. GURDJIEFFThere is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
G. I. GURDJIEFFLove of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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