G.I. Gurdjieff

Quotes

• “I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Oute...”
• “Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book. Not for everyone is this record kept, but...”
• “If you are working inwardly, Nature will help you. For the man who is working, Nature is sister of charity; she brings h...”
• “Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefo...”
• “Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot go...”
• “From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise ...”
• “You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison. If y...”
• “Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe.”
• “The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.”
• “I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.”
• “Wish' is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.”
• “As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.”
• “The cause of every anomaly can be found in woman.”
• “Common aim is stronger than blood.”
• “Only super-efforts count.”