Top 15 G.I. Gurdjieff Quotes



The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.

 

Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.

 

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

 

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.

 

With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

 

The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.

 

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 you think you are free, you can’t escape.

 

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

 

Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.

 

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

 

Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.

 

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.

 

As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.

 

Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe.

 

There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.

 

 

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