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A 'sin' is something which is not necessary.
— George Gurdjieff
Many people who are in reality dead are walking in the streets; many who are in their graves are in reality alive.
— Idries Shah
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. Gurdjieff
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Time in itself does not exist, there is only the totality of the results issuing from all the cosmic phenomena present in a given place.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
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. 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. Gurdjieff
Wish' is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Love without knowledge is demonic.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Common aim is stronger than blood.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
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
Better to die than live in sleep.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
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
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
man lies to himself a lot.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
— G.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. Gurdjieff
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
— George Gurdjieff
When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty - what difference does it make what your decisions are?
— Idries Shah
Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Love of consciousness evokes the same in responseLove of feeling evokes the opposite
Love of body depends only on type and polarity. — G.I. Gurdjieff
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
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Modern civilization is based on violence and slavery and fine words.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Hope of consciousness is strengthHope of feelings is slavery
Hope of body is disease. — G.I. Gurdjieff
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGANRUDBARI : Heart to heart is an essential means of passing on the secrets of the Path. — Idries Shah
Never think of results, just do!
— G.I. Gurdjieff
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
— George Gurdjieff
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
You are here having realized the necessity of contending with yourself; then thank everyone who provides an opportunity.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Patience is the mother of will.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Life is real only then, when "I am".
— G.I. Gurdjieff
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
Only super-efforts count.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
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
