G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

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.
G. I. GURDJIEFF
In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Fake Order
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Reap Responsibility
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
G. I. GURDJIEFF
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Known Less
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Way
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Arrival
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

Serve
In 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. GURDJIEFF

Proper Verify
It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
G. I. GURDJIEFF

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